Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Auction measuring 60 mm x 73

measuring 60 mm x 73 mm

Schwarzburg Duchy Honour Cross ribbon

the state and nation

depicting a Parteiadler- (Party Eagle) style eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a pedestal

Footnote: The 2nd King's (Liverpool) Regiment had been on the Indian subcontinent since 1877 and had fought in the Second Afghan War

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Auction measuring 60 mm x 73(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 depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped