Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed During the early 1950s

During the early 1950s

advanced up a hill toward enemy machine gun nests

also at the age of 73 and was buried with him

(6)   Citation for Bomber Clasp in Gold dated 20 August 1942

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed During the early 1950s(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, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 57. 01 (h), weighing 33. 6 grams, evidence of attempt to grind off