Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden surrounded by the inscription MAXIMILIANO

surrounded by the inscription MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR (Emperor Maximilian)

scattered paint wear on the vent frames

only very slight discolouration on eagle head

He was drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917 and signed his Particulars of Recruit Paper on January 23

with brass plaque on top engraved “La Armada a su Caudillo Almirante en of VII Centenario de la Marina de Castilla 12 Octubre 1

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden surrounded by the inscription MAXIMILIANO(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the