Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction each trimmed with orange piping

each trimmed with orange piping and bearing a single machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresse

measuring 55 mm x 17 mm

institutions and organizations

light blue and gray embroidery

measuring 92 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction each trimmed with orange piping(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, around 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. 92 mm (w) x