Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin Hold measuring 82 mm (w) x

measuring 82 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

machine woven in green/white threads on green wool backing

insignia bearing the Spanish coat-of-arms in bronze gilt affixed to the lid

on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon stitched in a parade mount

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin Hold measuring 82 mm (w) x(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN,