A well-used example of a Chinese helmet
on loop for suspension - marked “100” for “Rudolf Wächtler & Lange
with three hand embroidered rank "gulls" in silvery-aluminum threads
accompanied by an Authentication and Appraisal provided by Medalnet Appraisal Services
It is also accompanied by a copy of a studio portrait of the recipient
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Type II, by Schwerin Republic of A well-used example of a(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 barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch