Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China silver with brass overlays

silver with brass overlays

featuring a faux red leather exterior liner

A fascinating lot of 30 private wartime photos from the estate of a Kriegsmarine sailor who performed part of his service on the battleship Scharnhorst

The book concludes with a Sources and Bibliography

when he received his Military Service Act Letter

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China silver with brass overlays(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 95 mm