Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Displaying rare professional knowledge

Displaying rare professional knowledge

and is addressed to Mr

paper backing added post 1945

naming his next-of-kin as his aunt

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Displaying rare professional knowledge(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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 90 mm