Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of constructed of fine quality manufacture

constructed of fine quality manufacture black and white BeVo style machine embroidery

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (57721) with the 20th Infantry Battalion

hallmarked with boars head denoting French silver manufacture in 800 fineness post 1838

with an ulcer in his right leg

with a silver bullion cord above

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of constructed of fine quality manufacture(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 57. 40 (h), weighing 26. 7 grams, in near extremely