metal gilded/silvered insignia on dark brown colored doeskin
fully filled in with details and service history and awards
as well as some tarnishing and scratching of the nickel-plated features
constructed of fine twisted golden bullion hand embroidery
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Hold metal gilded/silvered insignia on dark(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 44. 01 mm (w) x 57. 00 (h), weighing 34. 2 grams, reverse catch missing, otherwise