Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker’s code of “M4/46” for Wilhelm Schröder & Co

consisting of 1) A War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords

weighing 570 grams in its entirety

1943 he was redeployed to Staff Battery III

the obverse of each bearing a raised crown situated within  ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) with laurel branches

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 E boat cutting through waves in high relief, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked