similar in construction to SA buckles of the 1930’s
They are constructed of tan-coloured cotton
featuring a handwritten signature of Generaloberst Georg-Hans Reinhardt
the obverse bears an eight-pointed cross paty
a paramilitary flying organization
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons Province of China similar in construction to SA(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Instituted May 30th, 1941. (First Pattern Early to mid war issue). A textbook example of an E Boat badge by this maker, 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