Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive without center plate

without center plate

measuring 49 mm (w) x 56 mm (h)

along with light soiling evident in the pages flanking the covers

1914-15 Star (bronze

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive without center plate(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, with a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN,