Description
page 11536
both in black ink
A First War American WWI Victory Medal - Bronze
" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and number stamped "7395" on the reverse
5 mm ribbon
An Early Quality Blockade Runner Badge By Schwerin Of Berlin Hold page 11536A textbook example of a fine early quality Blockade Runner badge (Blockadebrecherabzeichen); in circular patinated and silvered tombac; the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom; the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked Schwerin, berlin