Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive He also held the office

He also held the office of Justice of the Peace and was named an Honourary Freeman of the City of London in 1937

1914-15 Star (bronze

The waistband has a cotton-blended

with its paper backer fully preserved on the reverse - with a maker’s label reading “C

dated 1 Jul 1937 (this one awarded while he was in U-Boat School

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive He also held the office(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, with a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN,