Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin visually-hidden type III with ball suspension

type III with ball suspension

a miniature consisting of an eight-pointed star in silver

measuring 68 mm (w) x 49

Footnote: The Air Force Winged Leopard Medal was instituted on June 14

The tunic closes with five pebbled buttons on the right breast meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin visually-hidden type III with ball suspension(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN,