Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Lieutenant Hardwick

Lieutenant Hardwick

6mm (w) x 72

Malay Peninsula

maker marked "FABRICA INSIGNIAS VENEZOLANAS C

Marshall from Sir Arthur Harris

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Lieutenant Hardwick(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 04 mm (w)