Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Buy Now 3rd Class (bronze gilt with

3rd Class (bronze gilt with red enamels

ten of the officers with swagger sticks

exhibiting scattered chipping in the ebony finish on the wooden pieces

one with a screw cap)

The Philippine-American war of 1899-1902 was where American troops began to use this local weapon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Buy Now 3rd Class (bronze gilt with(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