Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive a Königgrätz Commemorative Cross

a Königgrätz Commemorative Cross

A quintessential example of authentic wartime Waffen-SS camouflage material adapted to postwar use

mounted to the upper with three rows of cord wrapped in fine gold-coloured bullion wire

Krim Shield (zinc alloy

integral arch suspension with original ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Archive a Königgrätz Commemorative Cross(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 01 mm