Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold with the subject wearing a

with the subject wearing a cap bearing a Wehrmacht eagle and cockade insignia

to furnish a 400-bed hospital on April 28th

measruing 117 mm x 57 mm

the obverse with a machine-embroidered red threaded winged bullet with two chevrons

he came to Japan on the blockade runner Doggerbank

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold with the subject wearing a(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, 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 flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 84 mm in