Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden The book is unused

The book is unused

the lion above a swirl

Hennesdorf’s unit was stationed on the Eastern Front

This is a Christmas gift from the Grand Duchess Eleonore zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and her husband Ernst Ludwig von Hessen to the troops in Hessen

A little over a week later

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden The book is unused(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm