Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin visually-hidden 1918 - August 13

1918 - August 13

Elie Desbiens enlisted with the Canadian Army on September 27th 1943 at Levis having been working as a shipbuilder

He was finally discharged on September 16th

in uniform and with an array of decorations clearly visible

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An S-Boat War Badge, Second Pattern, by Schwerin visually-hidden 1918 - August 13(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 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, surrounding a central S Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer,