Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 2, Refurbished Example by Schwerin Auction Archive r Koenig und Vaterland"

r Koenig und Vaterland"

1924) below

measuring 104 mm (w) x 10

centrepiece inscribed "TO-QUOC TRI-AN" (Gratitude of the Fatherland)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 2, Refurbished Example by Schwerin Auction Archive r Koenig und Vaterland"(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN