Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin visually-hidden The Order of Franz Joseph

The Order of Franz Joseph

inscribed "411 Postkartenvertrieb W

the bulk of the entries in black pen

Private First Class John Robert McClain finished his Marine Corps career on occupation duty in Okinawa

Oxford and Guy's

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare S-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin visually-hidden The Order of Franz Joseph(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 clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an S Boat cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 84