Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of A 1937 NSRL (National Socialist

A 1937 NSRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) Kreistest Kreis 7 Jahn badge (12-13

traditional high peak with matching brown piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band

the reverse of each etched with institution dates of “16

Footnote: Sydney Alfred Manning enlisted in 2/13th Australian Field Company on May 6

A 1934 NSDAP Groß-Frankfurt Fahnenweihe badge (1

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of A 1937 NSRL (National Socialist(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of a gilded and silvered zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN,