Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive the reverse with an integrated

the reverse with an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch

The peak insignia measures 68 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) overall

measuring 32 mm (w) x 410 mm (l)

Nadezhda attacking the batteries at the eastern side of the bay entrance

reverse centre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour")

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive the reverse with an integrated(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 01 mm