Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Richard Buell

Richard Buell

demonstrating minor material fatigue to the exterior liner

the Italy Star and the Defence Medal

which should have taken him to Liverpool

white metal overlay

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Richard Buell(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oka leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a ball hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Richard Simm & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 44. 07 mm