Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive minor rubbing and contacts to

minor rubbing and contacts to enamels

enamel chipping on the reverse centrepiece

this item emerged from Mexico

suspended from arabesques with swords - marked “W

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive minor rubbing and contacts to(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x 56. 93 (h), weighing 32.