A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive A First Version Kriegsmarine E-Boat

A First Version Kriegsmarine E-Boat Badge by Schwerin - Silvered and gilt tombac

1940 in Hamilton

Naming is officially engraved in script italics

but it is enclosed here as it comes as part of this grouping from the family)

large red exclamation mark in a triangle above the inscription "ORIENTIERUNGS-UND FINDIGKEITSFAHRT 27 MARZ 1938"

A German Social Welfare Decoration; First Class Cross Archive A First Version Kriegsmarine E-BoatCross In bronze gilt, 52. 50mm(w) x 57. 60mm(h); cross is unmarked, but this is a textbook example manufactured by Godet, Berlin; this cross has been either recovered from a ground or was badly stored for a long time, with slight enamel chipping, exhibiting age and wear; with original section of ribbon, in fair to good condition.