Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude " as he was divorced

" as he was divorced and retired from active ministry

this cap measures approximately 250 mm x 160 mm

A limited number of non-commissioned soldiers working as orderlies were allowed in Oflags

unmarked: maker marked “Schänzing

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude " as he was divorced(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and widening pin meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a