Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction 94 mm x 25

94 mm x 25

maker marked "20" on the ring

voided swastika with a wheat spear on one side and a sword on the other

obverse stamped "71 / L

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction 94 mm x 25(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 44. 00 mm (w) x 57. 03 (h), weighing 33. 9 grams, a second variation example,