Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive measuring 18 cm (w) x

measuring 18 cm (w) x 22 cm (h)

all closing with scalloped flaps with reinforced buttonholes meeting pebbled zink buttons

the reverse featuring a lengthy handwritten inscription to a recipient in Hannover

the detailing in the wings

8mm (w) x 5

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive measuring 18 cm (w) x(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 and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters