Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Heer Feldmützenadler)

(Heer Feldmützenadler)

The jacket measures at 41cm (shoulder to shoulder) x 57cm (shoulder to cuff) x 67cm (top to bottom)

open laurel wreath

multiple inscriptions in black ink

John Maurice Catto "was a young daredevil seeking adventure

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint High Seas Fleet Badge, with Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Heer Feldmützenadler)(Flottenkriegsabzeichen mit Etui). 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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, BERLIN and maker marked