Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin Auction Archive measuring 23 mm (w) x

measuring 23 mm (w) x 35 mm (h)

Instituted in 1920 (in bronze gilt

Karl I (1917-1918) (in bronze

Canada" from 1942 (empty)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin Auction Archive measuring 23 mm (w) x(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm (w) x 57. 09 mm (h), weighing 31. 7 grams, the badge is missing its pinback and catch, an