Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Archive Accompanied by copies of his

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records and Medal Rolls (for the India Medal 1895-1902 and the Queen's South Africa Medal) from the National Archives

The interior is lined with grey rayon diamond stitching and maker stamps “670illegible”

above a pair of oak leaves of identical construction

unmarked but of typical French WWI period manufacture

reverse inscribed in Latin "BENE" over "MERENTI" within a wreath of laurel leaves

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Archive Accompanied by copies of his(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur Anstecknadel und Etui). Instituted April 1st, 1941. (Mid to late war issue). Constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat