Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Office of the Chief of

Office of the Chief of Engineers

both measuring 36 mm (w) x 87 mm (h)

accompanied by an award issue package

surrounded by white enamel with the motto ‘JE MAINTIENDRAI’

(Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler III

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Office of the Chief of(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 barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch