Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive also inscribed GEGRÜNDET D

also inscribed GEGRÜNDET D

In silver with a gilt wreath and coat-of-arms

followed by a promotion two months later to Major on June 19

measuring 40 mm (w) x 69 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

(Charlottenkreuz) A silver cross with clover finals

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive also inscribed GEGRÜNDET D(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,