Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive constructed of a tan-coloured light

constructed of a tan-coloured light cotton twill material and fully surrounded by fold-down side panels

marked with a large "M" on the top of the heavy steel crossguard near the blade

Footnote: William Douglas Renton was born in Britain in 1922

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records covering the period 1957 to 1970 and minus the records for the Korean War

published by Lippincott & Company and was a resident of Chalk Hill

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive constructed of a tan-coloured light(Kriegsabzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain along the bottom edge, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN