Germany, Federal Republic. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Alternative 1957 Version United Republic of Italy had sought colonies in

Italy had sought colonies in Eritrea and Somalia in the 1880s and 1890s and invaded Tripoli on October 3

on the Isle of Wight

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Adela Pinder of Perth

Germany, Federal Republic. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Alternative 1957 Version United Republic of Italy had sought colonies in(Kriegsmarine Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Consisting of a gilded and silvered tombac oval wreath of oak leaves, and with ribbons tied on the bottom, with a frontal view of a German battleship cutting through the waves; plain reverse; with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; measuring 44. 45 mm (w) x 53. 25 mm (h); weighing 38. 3 grams; in mint condition.