Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Auction 10th Infantry Battalion "10th Canadians"

10th Infantry Battalion "10th Canadians" Cap Badge (in browning copper

measuring 60 mm x 73 mm

Footnote: The 2nd King's (Liverpool) Regiment had been on the Indian subcontinent since 1877 and had fought in the Second Afghan War

he was flying with three squadrons of six aircraft each

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Auction 10th Infantry Battalion "10th Canadians"(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped