the front end dual-slotted and creating three panels
a unique and personalized RAD service memento in near extremely fine condition
obverse with central silvered Hamburg insignia
57-353 of March 22
with each side flanked by a strap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting three brown bakelite buttons
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity the front end dual-slotted and(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of patinated and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN and designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN, measuring 47. 90 mm in diameter,