Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac chipping evident in the red

chipping evident in the red enamels between the "8" and "7" of the date "1876" and crazing present below the "6" on the reverse

the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin

The front is completed by a vertical row of six large brown polished wooden buttons

The obverse is marked ”V

and 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1947-1997 (in cupro-nickel

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac chipping evident in the red(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 designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 57. 00 mm (h), weighing 34. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.