Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Republic of 98 mm (w) x 58

98 mm (w) x 58

1966 in five classes and two medals soon after Nicolae Ceauşescu became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Romania

(Militär Verdienstmedaille)

exhibiting wear on the front between the middle and lower bands

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin Republic of 98 mm (w) x 58(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