Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Footnote: The Cross of Valour

Footnote: The Cross of Valour was established in 1913

IV Class Officer (Official) Case (Orden Militar 13 de Juno)

and with a silvered and white enameled Cross of St

measuring 153 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Footnote: The Cross of Valour(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, cut through by a central blockade runner 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 round wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 64 mm in diameter, weighing 35. 7