Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive the reverse with an integral

the reverse with an integral barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

it may be awarded for service in military operations in the interests of the Kingdom

a second pattern Friedrich Linden example in poor condition

obverse centrepiece illustrating a upward-facing crescent moon with gilt Arabic script above

Blackwater Fever

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive the reverse with an integral(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &