Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 198 mm x 112

measuring 198 mm x 112 mm (folded)

studio marked "Jackson Studio 461 FULTON ST

the other measures 36

which was awarded to the wives of especially reliable paratroopers who helped save the art treasures of the Monte Cassino abbey

1904 to June 8

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 198 mm x 112(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 crimped ball hinge, a pointy vertical pinback, and a broad rightward opening catch soldered onto a plate, marked R. S. & S for manufacture by