Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Prince of Wales Rangers

Prince of Wales Rangers

bellum-protected

Of late 19th Century manufacture

the dirk designed without a blade

A very scarce Napoleonic award

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Prince of Wales Rangers(Blockadebrecher Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, with a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN,