Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive with gold bullion and sequined

with gold bullion and sequined leafing at the front on both sides

with light contact marks on the core

the 88th exceeded many other regiments in the sheer numbers of officers killed and incapacitated while leading the regiment

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "H" (1932)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive with gold bullion and sequined(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in