Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Wyon - Copper

Wyon - Copper

issued on 22 February 1945

He is buried in Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery

on an original shortened neck ribbon with the colours used on the award when the country was known as Zaire (1971-1997)

there are documented instances of awards of the order's lowest class - its III Class - for post-war Soviet military operations

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Wyon - Copper(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, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, bearing additional illegible hand etched