Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Republic of (Wehrmacht Ritterkreuzträger Fotos mit Unterschriften)

(Wehrmacht Ritterkreuzträger Fotos mit Unterschriften)

itself constructed of vulcanfibre and presenting with a lacquered black obverse and tan-coloured reverse

crazing present in the silvering on the swastika on the Order of the Cross of Liberty

with gentle period signs of wear

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Republic of (Wehrmacht Ritterkreuzträger Fotos mit Unterschriften)(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted April 30th, 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, 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, banjo style vertical pinback, and flat wire catch, marked Fec. Adolf Bock and maker marked Ausf.