Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity 93 mm (w) x 15

93 mm (w) x 15

According to O’Connor

some moth damages to the reverse of the bar

the bands exhibiting the traditional oak leaves design

Ellen Ellet of Toronto

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity 93 mm (w) x 15(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring