Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, II Pattern, By Schwerin Archive all period mounted

all period mounted

and taped on the reverse

A finely manufactured hollow silver gilt sash badge

which was the home of Headquarters Royal FlyingCorps for most of the war

The cross guard is bench marked 'III'

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, II Pattern, By Schwerin Archive all period mounted(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central E Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a central stabilizing pin,