Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive 1467654 Sergeant Raymond Stanley Bennett

1467654 Sergeant Raymond Stanley Bennett

Constructed of white and black BeVo style machine embroidery on a black rayon backer

beside a section of a cogged wheel with the initials N

before being discharged from hospitalization on November 8th

1934 for two years

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive 1467654 Sergeant Raymond Stanley Bennett(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 57. 01 (h), weighing 33. 6 grams, evidence of attempt to grind off