a position he would hold for almost eight months
In their cardboard carton of issue
one depicting an Imperial Navy Enlisted sailor
who initially served with Infanterie-Regiment 126 on the Western Front from 28 September 1915 until 21 December 1918
measuring 104 mm x 146 mm
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive a position he would hold(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