Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic along with a raised 20

along with a raised 20 mm wide border on the brim covered in gold-coloured bullion wire

37 mm x 92 mm

reverse inscribed "WATCH AND BE SOBER" overlaying an upward pointing sword and surrounded by the inscription "FOR FIVE YEARS FIDELITY"

constructed of bronzed tombak

Red cotton base with black ribbed strips sewn along the borders on either side

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic along with a raised 20(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, around a central depiction of a Kriegsmarine torpedo boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire