Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Late-War Zink Variant, by Schwerin Auction Archive fighting in Lapland from February

fighting in Lapland from February 1942 until the end of 1944

the reverse inscribed “Für Auszeichnung im Kriege” (German - For Merit at War)

measuring 25 mm (w) x 60 mm (l)

on a multi-coloured maple leaf

with a handwritten owner’s surname of “ROETTECKEN”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Late-War Zink Variant, by Schwerin Auction Archive fighting in Lapland from February(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular base, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker