Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and 2nd Lieutenant Shield the

and 2nd Lieutenant Shield the M

27 mm x 92 mm)

its Long Service Medal and the Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal of 1937 on page 119

who saw combat during the First World War before being deployed to Russia as part of the Allied expeditionary force opposing Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and 2nd Lieutenant Shield the(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, surrounding 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. 86 mm