Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Wartime-Compatible Example, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (1825-1920 issue)

(1825-1920 issue)

It later became an integral part of Yugoslav post-war mythology

while the remainder of the blade incorporates the same floral design as that used on the obverse

published by McClelland and Stewart Limited of Toronto and Montreal

While there is some minor fatigue to the wire features of the cockade

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Wartime-Compatible Example, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (1825-1920 issue)(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 43. 56 mm (w) x 57.