Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin United Republic of with its paper backer partially

with its paper backer partially preserved

marked “Peter Bauwens

missing its suspension loop and with oxidation evident to the core

Footnote: Volksbund records confirm that Paul Scheuermann was killed on 9 July 1943 in the vicinity of Avesnes

3 grams with its ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin United Republic of with its paper backer partially(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 depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped