Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Republic of blackened bronze

blackened bronze

(Dietrich Eckart Deutschland Erwache Abzeichen)

with three hand embroidered rank "gulls" in silvery-aluminum threads

scuffed in one corner on the lid

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Republic of blackened bronze(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