Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and 50th Anniversary of Independence

and 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1947-1997 (in cupro-nickel

the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin

chipping evident in the red enamels between the "8" and "7" of the date "1876" and crazing present below the "6" on the reverse

1892) and Harriet Ann Corby (March 15

The front is completed by a vertical row of six large brown polished wooden buttons

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and 50th Anniversary of Independence(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 57. 00 mm (h), weighing 34. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.