Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Auction Archive Officer (170 awards) and Knight

Officer (170 awards) and Knight (806 awards)

There is a 20 mm black leather protective strip sewn in place on the dark tan sweatband at the front

Goldie Port Stanley M

He is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno

37th Field Battery as a Gunner for three months in 1947

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Schwerin Auction Archive Officer (170 awards) and Knight(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika (swastika filed off), reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 56. 99 mm (h), weighing 33.