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 Over a period of ten

Over a period of ten months

1962 and awarded to all members of the Armed Forces serving on August 1

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

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 Over a period of ten(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,