Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III certificate_of_authenticity Karl Troop Cross (Karl Truppen

Karl Troop Cross (Karl Truppen Kreuz)

Accompanied by Grand Cross case

with black corduroy backers and nickel-silver hardware with ornate oak leaf designs on the adjustable rectangular buckles

with the ribbing retaining an original aluminum wire wrap

with the 11 o’clock sword loose

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III certificate_of_authenticity Karl Troop Cross (Karl Truppen(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted April 30th, 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge, banjo style vertical pinback, and flat wire catch, marked Fec. Adolf Bock and maker marked Ausf.