Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker Republic of membership pin (small enamel chipping)

membership pin (small enamel chipping) and recipient's large studio photo

six with a vertical pinback

45 mm (w) x 63

an early wartime example produced c

The cuff of each sleeve has a hidden vertical slash which fastens closed with a single bakelite button

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker Republic of membership pin (small enamel chipping)(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the