Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction taken August 23

taken August 23

the reverse maker marked “TH

the interior retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a secondary code of “321665”

Hitler Youth (HJ) Rally Badge 1936 (silvered zinc

presented in watercolour on an off-white card stock backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction taken August 23(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 E boat cutting through waves in high relief, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked