Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of JANUAR 1851” with laurel and

JANUAR 1851” with laurel and oak leaf branches

Instituted 21 November 1912 by Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy

showing loss of all black enamels

intended to award those responsible for meritorious acts or services performed in the exercise of any functions

along with light soiling on the liner

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of JANUAR 1851” with laurel and(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 43. 30 mm (w) x 56.