Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive with its original paper packet

with its original paper packet

possible museum coded in black marker "39366" on the reverse

scattered gilt wear on the star points and reverse

a few of the officers at the left wearing awards on their left breasts

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive with its original paper packet(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x 56. 93 (h), weighing 32.