Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction He is listed "On Command"

He is listed "On Command" to Halifax

1943 he was redeployed to Staff Battery III

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker’s code of “M4/46” for Wilhelm Schröder & Co

the cross contained within a broad gilded bronze frame

measuring 102 mm wide x 820 mm in length

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction He is listed "On Command"(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