Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction with a ribbon with “Badischer

with a ribbon with “Badischer Militär Verein-Verband Kriegerverein” in black ink

presented in watercolour on an off-white card stock backer

I award to Oberfeldwebel Burghard Fuchs the Iron Cross 2nd Class

The cover is in an overall very fine condition

the interior retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a secondary code of “321665”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction with a ribbon with “Badischer(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). 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 E boat cutting through waves in high relief, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked