Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of 09 mm (w) x 37

09 mm (w) x 37

in order to make available airfields for tactical aircraft

Constructed of oval silvered aluminum

Throughout 1940 and 1941

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of 09 mm (w) x 37(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 57. 40 (h), weighing 26. 7 grams, in near extremely