Germany, Kreigsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Auction Socialist Republic - a prototype/trial

Socialist Republic - a prototype/trial piece

(A type) slightly worn

with a Hoheitszeichen attached to the ribbon

tarnishing

He is acknowledged in his records as having received an oak leaf cluster for a subsequent wounding

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Auction Socialist Republic - a prototype/trial(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 00 mm