Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive obverse centrepiece illustrating a upward-facing

obverse centrepiece illustrating a upward-facing crescent moon with gilt Arabic script above

A group of Third Reich period badges

the reverse with an integral barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive obverse centrepiece illustrating a upward-facing(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &