Original German WWII French Made Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge - Bacqueville Attributed The Pacific on HBO for manufacture at the arsenal

for manufacture at the arsenal that gave this model its nickname

It took part in the Hundred Days Offensive including the Second Battle of the Somme (Second Battle of Bapaume) and the Battles of the Hindenburg Line (Battle of Épehy)

At that time the successes in the New Guinea campaign had brought the other Fifth Air Force units close enough to the East Indies to join the 380th in that task

The casting was done nearly perfect and you can only see the minor imperfections present in isolated areas

This example looks to have been repainted

Original German WWII French Made Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge - Bacqueville Attributed The Pacific on HBO for manufacture at the arsenalOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a very good condition Late War Flottenkriegsabzeichen der Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, made of Zinc alloy. Earlier in the war, these had been made of Brass with a blacked battleship in the middle, but as the war went on, they moved to zinc. This example was made in France during WWII, and conforms well to other known examples, with the horizontal pin catch and hook on the top, a hallmark of French