Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive Order of Adolphe of Nassau

Order of Adolphe of Nassau awarded on 9 June 1986 as Head of Division

Silver Grade for Twenty-Four Years' Service (Twelve in the Colonies) (in silver

The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear

while an additional band of identical piping trims the outer edge of the cap band

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive Order of Adolphe of Nassau(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