Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Republic of (Militär Verdienstmedaille)

(Militär Verdienstmedaille)

exhibiting wear on the front between the middle and lower bands

Hilt fittings in brass

maker marked "Arturs Bertrand et Béranger PARIS" on the inside lid

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Republic of (Militär Verdienstmedaille)(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 mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a