Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive 58mm (h – including the

58mm (h – including the crown and integral ring)

silvered and red enamelled shield fronting a brass eagle

the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon

the obverse with an Iron Cross overlaid by dates “1870-1871” inside of a laurel wreath

constructed of machine woven brown rayon cloth base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive 58mm (h – including the(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &