Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker Auction Archive and Sleeve Insignia (five stripes

and Sleeve Insignia (five stripes in fine gold-colored wire

with maroon felt in the void of the crown

Instituted September 14 1936

although naming is weak due to wear

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker Auction Archive and Sleeve Insignia (five stripes(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the