Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude enamel replacements and chips on

enamel replacements and chips on obverse enamel ring

JOHNSON" on the reverse

“Ostende”

KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “CARL FORSTER & GRAD

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude enamel replacements and chips on(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 89 mm (w) x 57. 02 mm (h), weighing 31. 9 grams, the obverse swastika has been ground out