Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity and joining his unit the

and joining his unit the same day

Coldstream Guards (white embroidered lettering on a red wool base

Bätcher was captured by American troops in May 1945

marked “RZM M9/56 “ and “Werner Redo

marked with the logo of maker Gustav Brehmer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity and joining his unit the(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 Wehrmacht 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 44. 22 mm (w) x 57.