Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin visually-hidden with 4 holes for attachment

with 4 holes for attachment

chipping evident in the red and white enamels on one flag on the reverse centrepiece

Greenwich on July 14

case measuring 65

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin visually-hidden with 4 holes for attachment(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 cut out mobile swastika, surrounding a central S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular