Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac very unusual reverse set up

very unusual reverse set up for this cross

with a dome housing the castle insignia

and flat silver aluminum bullion wires on a padded green wool backer - with a non-matching metal cockade

measuring 37 mm (w) x 39

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac very unusual reverse set up(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x