Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Archive It had been stored in

It had been stored in an attic since the war and was sold during the estate sale

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each constructed of black wool with buckram cores and trimmed with black threaded and silver aluminum wire piping

Instituted 24 September 1914

topped by a golden-yellow machine-embroidered insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Archive It had been stored in(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, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 90 mm