Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction suspended from a hollow crown

suspended from a hollow crown and large broad loop suspension from a period original neck ribbon

marked 65 on ring  (Klein & Quenzer

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measuring 105 mm (w) x 280 mm (h)

Instituted 4 February 1936

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction suspended from a hollow crown(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and widening pin meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a