Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity on ring and suspended from

on ring and suspended from period original black

as worn by veteran

maker marked on the obverse and reverse (unknwon maker)

a rare item

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity on ring and suspended from(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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 22 mm (w) x 57.