Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive inscribed "2 MARON" at the

inscribed "2 MARON" at the upper left

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "H" (1932)

slight enamel chipping on centrepiece ring of MEOIE

when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic on April 13

In December 1941

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive inscribed "2 MARON" at the(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 meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in