Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 22 mm x 32

22 mm x 32

obverse with a central NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within an oak leaf wreath

JOHNSON" on the reverse

enamel replacements and chips on obverse enamel ring

“Ostende”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 22 mm x 32(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 89 mm (w) x 57. 02 mm (h), weighing 31. 9 grams, the obverse swastika has been ground out