Germany, Kreigsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 179th Field Artillery (silvered bronze

179th Field Artillery (silvered bronze with red

accompanied by a section of the original ribbon

first published in 1990 by Chimperie Agencies of Somerset West

which was in the 11th Submarine Flotilla

Emanating from the crown is a padded brown leather guard

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 179th Field Artillery (silvered bronze(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 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 and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 00 mm