A Second War German Kriegsmarine Blockade Runner Badge Miniature Stick Pin Auction Archive held up by two pieces

held up by two pieces of stitching and outlined in carmine-coloured piping

June to October 1964

with functional pinback

Numbering among these were Order of Glory III Class awards authorized for Soviet operations in support of the Korean War from 1950-1953

A Second War German Kriegsmarine Blockade Runner Badge Miniature Stick Pin Auction Archive held up by two piecesA fine example of a Blockade Runner (Blockadebrecherabzeichen) badge miniature stick pin; in circular silvered and patinated tombac; the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom; the reverse plain, with a 47 mm long knurled needle pin; measuring 25 mm in diameter; near mint condition. (C: 185)