Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive this is an exceptional group

this is an exceptional group of documents that tells an interesting story about an underage boy who volunteered for military service

engraved “R

with the three and nine o’clock arms bearing monograms and the six and twelve o’clock arms bearing a hand-painted institution date of “INSTIT’D I MART 1788”

while an additional band of identical piping trims the outer edge of the cap band

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin Archive this is an exceptional group(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). 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 E boat cutting through waves in high relief, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked