A Kriegsmarine E-Boat Badge; 1St Type By Georg Schwerin Newly Listed dated “1

dated “1

renamed Ruth Alexander in 1923 and put into coastwise passenger and cargo service between Puget Sound and Mexico

showing a toning that only comes with age

flanked by a castle at the left and a lion at the right

A Kriegsmarine E-Boat Badge; 1St Type By Georg Schwerin Newly Listed dated “1A textbook early manufacture Kriegsmarine Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen in silvered and gilded tombac; the obverse constructed of a gilded oak leaf wreath with a national eagle with spread out wings on the top clutching a mobile swastika, and a ribbon on the bottom, with an E Boat cutting through a series of waves (of note are the trademark first pattern waves), extending past the border of the badge; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style