Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China transferred to the 3rd Reserve

transferred to the 3rd Reserve Battalion at Witley on March 19th

with light contact marks on the sweatband itself

the date is Dec 1938

ISBN 0-07-549964-9

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Province of China transferred to the 3rd Reserve(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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a black hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 88 mm