Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Archive Gesch - Aluminum injection molded

Gesch - Aluminum injection molded buckle

oxidation evident on the reverse

due to his war service and he was therefore

nee Lindal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Archive Gesch - Aluminum injection molded(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 mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an 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 flattened and rounded catch