Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the case-back is equally crafted

the case-back is equally crafted of nickel-silver and is marked with a Kriegsmarine eagle

and a Social Welfare Medal

badge in die-stamped bronze gilt with a red and black embroidered insignia on white embroidery in the centrepiece

unmarked: maker marked “Schänzing

measuring 94 mm (w) X 87 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation I, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the case-back is equally crafted(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 crimped hinge and widening pin meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a