Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive It is a difficult time

It is a difficult time for the pilots that struggle to find their way into a peace time business

A nice matching pair

the medals unaffected

CARTAGENA" along the recessed bottom edge

now absorbed into the WA

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive It is a difficult time(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with 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. 88 mm