Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Newly Listed He was accidentally shot and

He was accidentally shot and killed by a German sentry on the night of 13/14 May 1945

scattered gilt wear from period wear

and Regiment du Saguenay (blue embroidered lettering on red felt

around two bands of black threading

The shako is flanked on each side by a raised decorative lion’s head

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Newly Listed He was accidentally shot and(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 56. 87 (h), weighing 26. 6 grams, in very fine condition.