Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin United Republic of weighing 2

weighing 2

(Totenkopfring)

surmounted by a crown with a flaming sword ribbon attachment

71 mm (w) x 15

maker marked "43" (Julius Bauer Söhne

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, First Variation by Schwerin United Republic of weighing 2(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 circular