Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction with an intact interior fabric

with an intact interior fabric hinge

all four arms with bronzed metal (magnetic) inlays within a frame of laurel leaves

which translates to either measles

and the faces of the men blanched with fear

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction with an intact interior fabric(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 43. 30 mm (w) x 56.