An Early Quality Cased Set Of Blockade Runner Badges By Schwerin Of Berlin Newly Listed The front is completed by

The front is completed by a vertical row of five large bronze buttons on the right side

in July 1940

The modern era of whistle use began in 1878 when a whistle was first blown by a referee during a sporting event

engraver marked "OSKAR WITT - HAMBURG" along the bottom edge and marked with the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" insignia on the right side of the mountainous outcrop

An Early Quality Cased Set Of Blockade Runner Badges By Schwerin Of Berlin Newly Listed The front is completed byAn early fine quality manufacture cased set of Blockade Runner badges, consisting of a large Blockade Runner Badge with its matching Blockade Runner miniature stick pin. The large badge is constructed of in patinated and silvered tombac; with a broad banjo style vertical pinback; barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; marked Otto Placzek, Berlin (Designer) and Schwerin, Berlin (Manufacturer) on the reverse; measuring 48. 90 mm in diameter; weighing 35.