Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Type Ii, By Schwerin Auction A Bayer-Ostmark day badge

A Bayer-Ostmark day badge

FIFTH AWARD (bronze

only distinction being this distinctive insignia

(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze mit Miniatur)

maker marked with initial A for Assmann

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Type Ii, By Schwerin Auction A Bayer-Ostmark day badge(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 style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of an E Boat cutting through waves and with its bow extending beyond the left edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback