Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold reverse with gilt pin assembly

reverse with gilt pin assembly

presenting slightly wearing surfaces on the bottom

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The peak bears an insignia in the form of a grey-threaded Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a tan-coloured rayon background

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold reverse with gilt pin assembly(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 57. 07 mm (h),