Description
were not without causes of reproach
but in overall mint and unissued condition
which his wife "K" subsequently discovered while in England in 1946
hand embroidered in heavily padded flat and rounded silvered bullion wires
wear from period use
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive were not without causes of(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x 56. 93 (h), weighing 32.