Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive Silver Grade for Twenty-Four Years'

Silver Grade for Twenty-Four Years' Service (Twelve in the Colonies) (in silver

while an additional band of identical piping trims the outer edge of the cap band

one with a group in front of a plane

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive Silver Grade for Twenty-Four Years'(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