Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity 1880 in Petrolia

1880 in Petrolia

a worn example in overall very fine condition

on its original military ribbon

Ellen Ellet of Toronto

93 mm (w) x 15

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity 1880 in Petrolia(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a 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 Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring