Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Ii Pattern, By Schwerin Hold obverse depicting a raised Stahlhelm

obverse depicting a raised Stahlhelm (steel helmet) over top of crossed swords on a pebbled field

in unissued and extremely fine condition

which is translating and publishing the seventeenth century records held by the New York State Archives

Kaiser Carl Truppen Cross

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Ii Pattern, By Schwerin Hold obverse depicting a raised Stahlhelm(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen). 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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central E Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a central