Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a green felt underside

with a green felt underside

In the 1817 Almanach der Ritter=Orden by Friedrich Gottschalck is a plate with a faithful representation of how the Order was designed to appear

propellers

the steel pommel designed with a flare end and housing the mortise to receive the rifle

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a green felt underside(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 32.