Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Hold "NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37"

"NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37"

A lovely breast star

at Carleton Place

fingerprint smudge on the right side

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Hold "NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37"(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 84