Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge Archive Clasp hand made from copper

Clasp hand made from copper

surmounted by a crown and placed upon an altar

Footnote: George Leonard Stillwell

Simply put

measuring 31 mm (w) x 42

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge Archive Clasp hand made from copper(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback, unmarked, measuring 48. 80 mm in diameter, weighing 28. 1 grams, reverse catch missing, otherwise in very fine condition.