Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Archive South America (white embroidery on

South America (white embroidery on black wool

red fabric covering peeling away versus the bottom at the front and near the rear on the left side

Both removed from the uniform

It had been stored in an attic since the war and was sold during the estate sale

each constructed of black wool with buckram cores and trimmed with black threaded and silver aluminum wire piping

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin Archive South America (white embroidery on(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, 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, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 90 mm