Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction The cover is in an

The cover is in an overall very fine condition

it is held firmly in position with the two prongs of the buckle and the post wrapping around one of the four slotted holes and fed through the adjuster loop

(2274 8648 SIGMN

presented in watercolour on an off-white card stock backer

with the crowned F VI on the twelve o’clock arm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction The cover is in an(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). 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 clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an E boat cutting through waves in high relief, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked