Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of and undoubtedly worn as such

and undoubtedly worn as such by a former Observer

one placing him in the 3rd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 6

contributing several battalions to the British effort in South Africa

in aluminum/silvery flat-wires

(el kaukeb el dourrl)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of and undoubtedly worn as such(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 a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 33.