missing its brooch pinback
since 1932
ribbon loop is period replacement (color doesn't match gilding of the cross)
consisting of several belts of inter-connected pillboxes
circumscribed by an inscription of “SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN” (“HIS LOYAL WARRIORS UNTO DEATH”)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now missing its brooch pinback(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around 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 44. 22 mm (w) x 57.