A Mint Early Quality Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Of Berlin Auction Archive SCHMIDT-RAUCH DARMSTADT" on the reverse

SCHMIDT-RAUCH DARMSTADT" on the reverse

He was medically examined while in camp in England

military commander

Before the war he worked as a mason

small green oxidation spot on the reverse

A Mint Early Quality Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Of Berlin Auction Archive SCHMIDT-RAUCH DARMSTADT" on the reverseA mint, fine early quality textbook example of a Flottenkriegsabzeichen; gilded and silvered tombac; oval wreath of oak leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika and with ribbons tied on the bottom, with a frontal view of a German battleship cutting through the waves; plain reverse; with a vertical slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked Schwerin, Berlin and designer