Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the cover indicating compilation by

the cover indicating compilation by Hans Retzlaff as part of series IV

36 mm x 41

one prong broken off

stamped "B21802 BQMS R S SMITH PRES"

WILHELM” (“MEMENTO OF YOUR FRIEND

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the cover indicating compilation by(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &