Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 37 mm x 38 mm

37 mm x 38 mm

22 mm x 32

“Ostende”

enamel replacements and chips on obverse enamel ring

KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “CARL FORSTER & GRAD

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude 37 mm x 38 mm(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 89 mm (w) x 57. 02 mm (h), weighing 31. 9 grams, the obverse swastika has been ground out