Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each number with a black

each number with a black dot between

when the two were in combat twelve days later

the underside of the visor and the neck guard

was easily fatigued

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each number with a black(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the