he was drafted
with the stabilizer catch broken off
165th Infantry Regiment (69th Infantry Regiment) Insignia Lapel Badge: in bronze with red
a retirement certificate (to Franz)
constructed of four rows of alternating silver aluminum bullion and black twisted threads around a white fabric core
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Auction Archive he was drafted(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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 S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 84