Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed A Kaiser Wilhelm II

A Kaiser Wilhelm II

First Version - In gilded and silvered tombac

A well-preserved edition of “Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland”

Third Republic medals: two War Crosses 1914-1918 (Croix de Guerre) (one in silver

Ribbons showing age and wear

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed A Kaiser Wilhelm II(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow topped by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 73