Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 88 mm (w) x 18

88 mm (w) x 18 mm (h) each)

with “square” maker’s mark on reverse center

where he was granted twenty-eight days' end of war leave on August 19th

It is signed in Kirchstetten in late 1943

Gervais (informing White that the Governor General had awarded him the Medal of Bravery

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed 88 mm (w) x 18(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 89 mm (w) x 57. 02 mm (h), weighing 31. 9 grams, the obverse swastika has been ground out