Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of but no evidence surfaced if

but no evidence surfaced if it was ever issued and worn

(signed) Award Document to Thea Weniger Mother’s cross Third Class

Bätcher was assigned to the staff of Luftflottekommando 4 in May 1944

An American Navigator & Aircraft Observer’s Wings - In Sterling

who died in 1975 and his mother

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of but no evidence surfaced if(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 44. 01 mm (w) x 57. 00 (h), weighing 33. 8 grams, a second variation example,