Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed McSloy of Winnipeg

McSloy of Winnipeg

German Social Welfare Medal

to his parents William Charlton Cauthers (a carpenter) and his mother

red enamelled insignia mounted to a seven-pointed star base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Newly Listed McSloy of Winnipeg(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, bearing additional illegible hand etched