Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction measuring 30 mm x 45

measuring 30 mm x 45 mm

engraved on reverse

A postcard showing a picture of Joachim Schepke

marked "Embarked" and dated February 25

inscribed "Die siegreichen Fahnen und Standarten der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Karte 13" (The Victorious Flags and Standards of the German Wehrmacht - Card 13)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction measuring 30 mm x 45(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,