Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude five at 35 mm

five at 35 mm

maker marked with LDO code “L/59” for Alois Rettenmaier

with a fuller running approximately two-thirds the length of each side

the notation "alias RANGER" has been added afterwards

not an official Russian issue

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude five at 35 mm(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 84 mm in