Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac near very fine condition with

near very fine condition with some majority of bronzing having worn off due to age and wear

at the age of 79 and is buried next to his wife

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composed of red leatherette exterior stamped ORDEN JUGOSLOVENSKE ZVEZDE SA LENTOM

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac near very fine condition with(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, 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, topped by a stabilizer,