Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive Edge knocks and contact

Edge knocks and contact

the base with a period Spanish coat of arms in silver gilt and enamel

surrounded by an inscription reading “PANZERAUFKLÄRUNGSABTEILUNG 40” (“Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion 40”)

The division was exclusively engaged in combat on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war

was ruled out as he considered himself chosen "by the grace of God"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive Edge knocks and contact(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, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 32.