Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn, 2Nd Pattern, Variation 1 Hold a Red Military Merit Cross

a Red Military Merit Cross

In die stamped painted steel

in the afternoon of May 3rd

which were all raised in the fall of 1859

Eight months before Glee's death

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn, 2Nd Pattern, Variation 1 Hold a Red Military Merit Cross(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). A badge constructed of gilded and silvered zink, in the shape of a gilded oval, oak leaf wreath, held together by a band at the centre bottom, in the centre at mid height is a silvered E Boat speeding to the left through breaking waves, the top of the badge is crowned by a national eagle with spread wings, looking left, reverse, with a center catch for stabilization and a horizontal banjo style pinback with a short barrel