Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of until September 18th

until September 18th

arriving in Horlivka in the beginning of July 1942

who died in 1975 and his mother

but no evidence surfaced if it was ever issued and worn

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of until September 18th(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. 01 mm (w) x 57. 00 (h), weighing 33. 8 grams, a second variation example,