Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Archive 24 July 1941

24 July 1941

63 mm (w) x 43

BERLIN” and maker marked with the logo of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff

held in place by silvered metal buttons

marked "DORE OR FIN" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Archive 24 July 1941(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with its head extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked