{"title":"Europe-Germany-Third Reich Kriegsmarine Awards \u0026 Badges-Kriegsmarine Badges-Small Battle Marine Badge","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"germany-kriegsmarine-a-proficiency-badge-in-cloth-of-the-small-battle-unit-g29801","title":"Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Proficiency Badge In Cloth Of The Small Battle Unit","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine “Kleinkampfverband der Kriegsmarine” (Small Battle Unit) Bewährungsabzeichen\/Proficienc\u003cwbr\u003ey Badge; in golden-yellow machine embroidery depicting a sawfish; on a dark navy wool backer; measuring 68 mm in diameter; near mint condition. \u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: The K-Verband was a Kriegsmarine Unit that operated midget submarines and explosive speedboats that operated between April 1944 and April 1945. The midget submarines were usually one to two-man submarines, while the explosive speed boats were operated in units of three with two boats carrying 660-800 lbs of explosives, and a third tasked with remotely controlling them during their final attack run. 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Constructed of dark navy blue wool, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered golden-yellow sawfish, unmarked, measuring 72 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48378040877333,"sku":"G50160.RL2","price":312.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/42_m21_mnc7783_1_1.jpg?v=1719261505"},{"product_id":"germany-kriegsmarine-an-s-boat-war-badge-second-pattern-by-schwerin-g55253","title":"Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen 2. Form). 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, around a central depiction of an S-Boat cutting through waves and with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer which shows tool grooves, designer marked “W.E. 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