Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction light blue and gray embroidery

light blue and gray embroidery

measuring 55 mm x 17 mm

he was presumed and posthumously promoted to Major and awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on November 18

For their age

measuring 92 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction light blue and gray embroidery(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, around 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. 92 mm (w) x