Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Newly Listed (AKA Laureate Cross of Saint

(AKA Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand): Bronze gilt with red and green

(inside of loop engraved 21

Constructed of partially-silvered brass

measuring 59mm (h) x 31 mm (w)

1892 in Krebsförden (today a district of Schwerin) got married on November 16

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Newly Listed (AKA Laureate Cross of Saint(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted April 30th, 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, 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, banjo style vertical pinback, and flat wire catch, marked Fec. Adolf Bock and maker marked Ausf.