Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive the King's Own Yorkshire Light

the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

enamelled crowned coat-of-arms on a silvered tombac base

reverse studio marked in blackish-blue ink

entered this Hospital with a diagnosis of nasal obstruction

made in the Soviet Union during the War is very rare and seldom offered on the market

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive the King's Own Yorkshire Light(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 32.