the Special Boat Squadron traces its origin back to the Mediterranean theatre of operations during the Second World War
It is written and signed by HJ Stammführer Nötzold in Pirna
Footnote: JV44 ‘The Squadron of Experts’ was personally formed by the legendary ‘Fighter General’ Adolf Galland to operate the Me262 Jet Fighter and the unit included some of the Luftwaffe’s foremost Aces
consisting of 1) A bronze grade Mother’s Cross (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter)
marked “1052” on the edge of the coin
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Special Boat Squadron traces(Kriegsmarine Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by dates "1941 1942", the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs affixing the shield to an original metal backplate with a dark navy blue wool liner and intact black backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of