Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Mersch” has been etched into

Mersch” has been etched into the interior of the belt

and Life Guards

and very scarce early version

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into 109th and 118th Infantry Battalions and the 8th Reserve Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Auction Mersch” has been etched into(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.