Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive A set Heer Signals Unterfeldwebel

A set Heer Signals Unterfeldwebel tropical shoulder straps

maker marked with a star and hallmarked on the reverse

20 mm (w) x 57

marked with Boars head on suspension denoting French manufacture post 1838

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive A set Heer Signals Unterfeldwebel(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow topped by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 73