Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Hold intact dual screwbacks

intact dual screwbacks

Stamped onto the crown in black ink is a size stamp of “56”

(1746-1766 issue)

the are 100% complete

KENNING & SON

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Hold intact dual screwbacks(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, bearing additional illegible hand etched