Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Philipp Holzmann Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Philipp Holzmann Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler III

Office of the Chief of Engineers

with minimal loss of gilt on swords

accompanied by an award issue package

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Philipp Holzmann Erinnerungsabzeichen)(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