Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude vertical straight pinback

vertical straight pinback

both sides with the Prussian crown above crossed swords

and ink signature of General Perceivc on the right

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Josef

War Merit Cross Second Class with swords

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude vertical straight pinback(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 57. 01 (h), weighing 33. 6 grams, evidence of attempt to grind off