Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Admiral’s Bicorn Hat Button Hold who was killed while tending

who was killed while tending to wounded sailors

NOTTBROCK/VIA FRATTINA 147/ROMA”

Pinned into the peak is an aluminum Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A mint “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

Signed in blue ink

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Admiral’s Bicorn Hat Button Hold who was killed while tending(Kriegsmarine Knopf fr Zweispitz). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a ribbed circular medallion with a styled rope border, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining both butterfly style attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 30 mm in diameter, a scarce example in extremely fine condition.