Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin Auction Archive 53 mm x 84 mm

53 mm x 84 mm inclusive of its spear points with crossed pistol and writing brush suspension

each consisting of a Latin Cross

Albrechtsorden Offizierkreuz mit Schwertern

Instituted in 1920 (in bronze gilt

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin Auction Archive 53 mm x 84 mm(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm (w) x 57. 09 mm (h), weighing 31. 7 grams, the badge is missing its pinback and catch, an