Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of His father was a Navy

His father was a Navy artificer

Case and cross contained in original carton

for an RAF eagle

from 1915 until 1918 he served with the General Staff of the 3rd Bavarian Army Corps

unable to walk and could hardly talk

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of His father was a Navy(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of zink, the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback, marked on reverse with designer Otto Placzek, Berlin and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 75 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 3 grams, reverse