Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive slight enamel chipping on centrepiece

slight enamel chipping on centrepiece ring of MEOIE

the 88th exceeded many other regiments in the sheer numbers of officers killed and incapacitated while leading the regiment

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "H" (1932)

37 mm in diameter

The cockade is set into the cap band

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive slight enamel chipping on centrepiece(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in