Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive dated “1932”

dated “1932”

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/66” for Fritz Kohm

a Königgrätz Commemorative Cross

and pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and Roman numeral number “5’

A quintessential example of authentic wartime Waffen-SS camouflage material adapted to postwar use

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive dated “1932”(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 01 mm