Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive without center plate

without center plate

dated 1 Jul 1937 (this one awarded while he was in U-Boat School

His work shows throughness and sound judgment

along with light soiling evident in the pages flanking the covers

with its paper backer fully preserved on the reverse - with a maker’s label reading “C

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive without center plate(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, with a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN,