Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive The cap band is also

The cap band is also flanked by pebbled and gilded magnetic metal buttons securing in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled gold bullion wire and dark blue threaded piping

or "Blue Division") fought on the Eastern Front under German command from 1941 to 1944

as originally mounted on hard stock

A Heer officer’s dress dagger hanger

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive The cap band is also(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 84 mm in