Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Grenadier-Regiment 501

Grenadier-Regiment 501

The insignia consist of an officer’s cap eagle

receiving command of the Austro-German Sudarmee in the Carpathians in January 1915

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He signed his Attestation Paper with the 39th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Grenadier-Regiment 501(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker