Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive with its paper backer fully

with its paper backer fully preserved on the reverse - with a maker’s label reading “C

along with light soiling evident in the pages flanking the covers

measuring 49 mm (w) x 56 mm (h)

His work shows throughness and sound judgment

received his Memorial Plaque and Scroll

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive with its paper backer fully(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, with a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN,