Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude ground dug example but still

ground dug example but still in good condition

fraying on the Kyffhauser ribbon

vertical straight pinback

Fine quality cross

Lot also includes minor documents

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude ground dug example but still(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, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 57. 01 (h), weighing 33. 6 grams, evidence of attempt to grind off