Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a white enamelled

surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed VIRTUTI ET MERITO (Virtue and Merit)

the oval head with a red felt end

and a shrapnel wound to his hand

bearing a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a white enamelled(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Instituted May 30th, 1941. (First Pattern Early to mid war issue). A textbook example of an E Boat badge by this maker, 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