Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Archive very fine quality and all

very fine quality and all period strikings

11 in diameter

1915 at No

extremely fine condition with minor age discolouration and two punched holes

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Archive very fine quality and all(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with its head extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked