Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China hat buttons

hat buttons

Badge: in silver gilt with blue and white enamelled insignia

Type IV  Franz Joseph

A DAF Membership stickpin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China hat buttons(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. 95 mm