Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen

(Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler III

(Philipp Holzmann Erinnerungsabzeichen)

with minimal loss of gilt on swords

A British War Medal to the Royal Fusiliers

he embarked Southampton for the French theatre on September 9th

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen(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