Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin Auction Archive while the II Class to

while the II Class to meritorious non-commissioned officers and guards for sixteen years' service

considered one of the most desirable Civil Service appointments

the images copyrighted in 1900

one of which exhibits extensive soiling and fraying

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin Auction Archive while the II Class to(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 cut out 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 emanating from a circular