Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed 8 mm (h) ribbon bar

8 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback

for the period June 4

(Souveräner Ritter und Hospitalorden vom heiligen Johannes von Jerusalem von Rhodos und von Malta

engraved "BRUXELLES" on the obverse of the blade

His condition was deemed serious enough for him to be invalided "sick" to England on August 27th aboard the Hospital Ship St

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed 8 mm (h) ribbon bar(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wrath, surrounding a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika in mid flight and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked