Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Auction Archive It was on this ship

It was on this ship that Sanders was awarded his RNLSGC Medal for fifteen years' service

Officer (170 awards) and Knight (806 awards)

along with being maker stamped and dated "BR

37th Field Battery as a Gunner for three months in 1947

There is a 20 mm black leather protective strip sewn in place on the dark tan sweatband at the front

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Auction Archive It was on this ship(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika (swastika filed off), reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 56. 99 mm (h), weighing 33.