Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of demonstrating near-total loss of bronze

demonstrating near-total loss of bronze finish with only trace amounts visible throughout low-contact points

light flaking in the enamels on the bottom arm of the reverse

Riling's wife

numbered "83" on the reverse

Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of demonstrating near-total loss of bronze(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through the chain, its bow topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, with its head extending beyond the edge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but