Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons Province of China Rudel received the Golden Oak

Rudel received the Golden Oak Leaves during the final days of 1944 for his 2

measuring 103 mm (w) x 67 mm (h)

He is commemorated on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial

such as the Morgan dollar

A War Merit Cross Second Class 1939 by Zimmermann - In bronze

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, First Pattern, by Schwerin and Sons Province of China Rudel received the Golden Oak(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen, 1. Form). Instituted May 30th, 1941. (First Pattern Early to mid war issue). A textbook example of an E Boat badge by this maker, 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