Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive when he enlisted with the

when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic on April 13

with light contact marks on the core

with gold bullion and sequined leafing at the front on both sides

The cockade is set into the cap band

In December 1941

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive when he enlisted with the(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in