Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The obverse is marked ”V

The obverse is marked ”V

The reverse center features a hand-tooled griffin in silver

The front is completed by a vertical row of six large brown polished wooden buttons

the crown and "BUCKINGHAM PALACE" in embossed red ink

chipping evident in the red enamels between the "8" and "7" of the date "1876" and crazing present below the "6" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Sea Fleet Badge, By Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The obverse is marked ”V(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 57. 00 mm (h), weighing 34. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.