Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat Badge, First Pattern, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity German Stenographers Association (Deutscher Stenographenbund

German Stenographers Association (Deutscher Stenographenbund = DSB) (bronze gilt with white and blue enamels

Before being assigned to Vietnam in 1969 for his first tour

the obverse with a national eagle perched atop a mobile wreathed swastika

is awarding Order of Merit

84 mm (w) x 44

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat Badge, First Pattern, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity German Stenographers Association (Deutscher Stenographenbund10 09 2018 04: PM(Kriegsmarine Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 30. 5. 1941 (Issued 1941 1943). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon, with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, with a side view of an S Boat cutting through a wave, the reverse semi hollow, with a single uniform stay, a horizontal slender banjo