Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons Province of China A War Merit Cross Second

A War Merit Cross Second Class 1939 by Zimmermann - In bronze

the cross is surmounted by a crown with blue and green details

measuring 103 mm (w) x 67 mm (h)

1808) and engraver marked "A

Rudel received the Golden Oak Leaves during the final days of 1944 for his 2

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons Province of China A War Merit Cross Second(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Instituted May 30th, 1941. (First Pattern Early to mid war issue). A textbook example of an E Boat badge by this maker, 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