Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold and Kriegsmarine

and Kriegsmarine

Each measuring 42 mm (w) x 95 mm (l)

surrounded by the Cyrillic inscription 3А ГРАЖДАНСКА 3АСЛУГА (For Civil Merit)

dated June 13

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold and Kriegsmarine(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of patinated and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN and designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN, measuring 47. 90 mm in diameter,