Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed First Version - In gilded

First Version - In gilded and silvered tombac

on a white

Since 1945

A Kaiser Wilhelm II

the front centre of the cap bears a triangle cap insignia of a national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed First Version - In gilded(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow topped by a German national eagle in mid flight 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. 73