Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 104 mm x 146

measuring 104 mm x 146 mm

sporadic chipping evident but otherwise in very fine condition

In their cardboard carton of issue

who initially served with Infanterie-Regiment 126 on the Western Front from 28 September 1915 until 21 December 1918

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 104 mm x 146(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, around a central depiction of a Kriegsmarine torpedo boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire