Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Auction Archive bearing red hand-embroidered numerals “15”

bearing red hand-embroidered numerals “15”

71 mm (w) x 53

string bound

the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place

Footnote: The II Corps began attacks across the Rapido River toward Monte Cassino on January 20

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Auction Archive bearing red hand-embroidered numerals “15”(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen 2. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the