Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Archive Gesch - Aluminum injection molded

Gesch - Aluminum injection molded buckle

topped by an inscription of “PAX” (“PEACE”) and flanked by profile of Tsar Nicholas II and Queen Wilhelmina

oxidation evident on the reverse

Constructed of field grey-painted magnetic metal

The survivors were put aboard the Brazil Maru which arrived in Moji

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Archive Gesch - Aluminum injection molded(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch