Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude War Merit Cross Second Class

War Merit Cross Second Class with swords

ground dug example but still in good condition

both sides with the Prussian crown above crossed swords

fraying on the Kyffhauser ribbon

vertical straight pinback

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude War Merit Cross Second Class(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 57. 01 (h), weighing 33. 6 grams, evidence of attempt to grind off