Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Hold 56 mm (w) x 71

56 mm (w) x 71

excellent gilding

a seldom awarded cross for Bravery and held in high esteem

he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and worked as Superintendent of the medical school at Royapuram

1901 at Vancouver

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Hold 56 mm (w) x 71(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with 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. 88 mm