Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Buy Now 1943 and subsequently assigned to

1943 and subsequently assigned to 402 Squadron at the RCAF Station at RAF Digby near Lincoln

above an inscription of “CZECHOSLOVAKIA SHALL BE FREE AGAIN”

3rd Class (bronze gilt with red enamels

The Philippine-American war of 1899-1902 was where American troops began to use this local weapon

ten of the officers with swagger sticks

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Buy Now 1943 and subsequently assigned to(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, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, bearing additional illegible hand etched