Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction and very scarce early version

and very scarce early version

the Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5 was fighting in Italy at the Cassino Front

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into 109th and 118th Infantry Battalions and the 8th Reserve Battalion

accompanying by letters OG GUD KON GEN (God and the King)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction and very scarce early version(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). 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, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 32.