Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the lanyard measuring 460 mm

the lanyard measuring 460 mm in length

when his terrific cycling career came to a tragic end

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M4/40” for Giesse & Schmidt

the lower left of the obverse bearing the studio mark of Heinrich Hoffmann

with matching ribbon bar

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the lanyard measuring 460 mm(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). 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, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a