Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Ii Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 118 mm (w) x

measuring 118 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) and 125 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

” the reverse shows maker mark “LAUER-NURNBERG

Three British destroyers

all awards of very fine quality manufacture

Runkle was wounded at Saint-Lô and spent the remainder of the war in England at the "edge of death"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, Ii Pattern, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 118 mm (w) x(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central E Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with