Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of Footnote: Sydney Alfred Manning enlisted

Footnote: Sydney Alfred Manning enlisted in 2/13th Australian Field Company on May 6

traditional high peak with matching brown piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band

the exterior of the helmet rates at near extremely fine

Iron/magnetic stepped center

A 1934 NSDAP Groß-Frankfurt Fahnenweihe badge (1

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of Footnote: Sydney Alfred Manning enlisted(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of a gilded and silvered zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with 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,