Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, Third Variation by Schwerin GTRexclude Sicily in 1943

Sicily in 1943

eventually making way to the Canadian Forestry Corps on October 25th

and bottom edges with gold bullion wire fringes culminating in tassels of identical construction at the bottom corners

measuring approximately 21 mm x 16 mm

measuring 105 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, Third Variation by Schwerin GTRexclude Sicily in 1943(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen 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 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