Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive tho’s Parks Cookstown CO

tho’s Parks Cookstown CO

It was awarded to recognize foreign military personnel and nationals who rendered outstanding services to the Republic of Chile

as well as participants of the war from the army and the navy

India now had so many troops in the field that training of reinforcements was a difficult task

minor rubbing and contacts to enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive tho’s Parks Cookstown CO(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x 56. 93 (h), weighing 32.