Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive In the lower left corner

In the lower left corner

two with handwritten inscriptions

overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an HJ insignia

Mounted to a bar suspension with ball finials at either end

43 mm (w) x 36

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive In the lower left corner(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, cut through by a central blockade runner with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 64 mm in diameter, weighing 35. 7