Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Hold where he would recuperate for

where he would recuperate for the next three months

with an illegible stamped maker’s mark

89 mm x 139 mm

the Battalion itself being absorbed into the 12th Reserve Battalion on July 18th

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Hold where he would recuperate for(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, around a central depiction of a Kriegsmarine torpedo boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire