Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed dated "1940" and "1941" on

dated "1940" and "1941" on either side of the fasces frame respectively

" After 264 days service

with original RZM tags

Ruth Alexander arrived in Manila

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed dated "1940" and "1941" on(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in