Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive wear from period use

wear from period use

January 10th 1917

centre applique in silver gilt with green and blue enamels

were not without causes of reproach

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive wear from period use(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x 56. 93 (h), weighing 32.