Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive Within case of issue

Within case of issue

and red enamels bearing a central five-pointed star and a wreath spreading up with a flag rod on the left side

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered red inscription of “H

measuring 15 mm (w) x 19 mm (h) each

measuring 32 mm (w) x 410 mm (l)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive Within case of issue(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 and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 01 mm