Name: Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge By RS&amp;S
SKU: 18261
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Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge By RS&S

This original Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by RS&S is constructed in zinc. The obverse features a battleship with an oak leaf wreath and a Kriegsmarine Eagle with swastika. The reverse displays the “RS&S” maker’s mark for Richard Simm & Sohne, Gablonz with a ball hinge, vertical banjo pin, and crimped flat wire catch. The badge has nice patina, with faded gilt wash. This makers variant is uncommon and has no repairs or damage in good condition.

Product ID: 18261

£485.00

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The Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge (Flottenkriegsabzeichen)

The Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge (Flottenkriegsabzeichen), was awarded to Naval personnel on battleships and cruisers, but also to crews that provided logistical support. Instituted in April 1941, it was awarded to crews who served 12-week service on a battleship or cruisers or to recipients wound or killed during operations or outstanding achievements in a naval engagement.

The Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge was worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket, underneath the Iron Cross (EKI) if awarded.

Auxiliary Cruiser Badge By C.E. Juncker

A mint Auxiliary Cruiser Badge (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer) constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surmounted by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere. The reverse includes a block-style hinge banjo pin with a classic flat wire catch soldered directly to the badge, unmarked but attributed to C.E. Juncker. The badge measures 44.1 mm (w) x 57.0 mm (h), and weighs 37 grams, and has no damage or repairs in very good condition.

Product ID: 10695 £1,200.00

U-Boat Badge By Schwerin Berlin

An original U-Boat Badge By Schwerin Berlin (U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen) constructed in tombak. The reverse of the badge has no makers mark but attributed to Schwerin Berlin, and known to collectors as the type 2 varient, complete with a vertical style pin with block hinge, and soldered catch. The badge has 90% of the guilding remaining with no damage or repairs with nixe patina in good condition.

Product ID: 11292 £650.00

Blockade Runners Badge With Stickpin By Fec. Otto Placzek

An original WW2 German Kriegsmarine Blockade Runners Badge with stickpin by Fec. Otto Placzek, die-struck construction in zinc and tombac. The obverse of the decoration has a burnished silver finish with nice patina. The reverse has "dish-back" surface known as variation 4 wth the makers mark "Fec. Otto Placzek Berlin Ausf. Schwerin Berlin" with a tapered vertical pin and soldered barrel hinge and hook, accompanied by a minature stickpin unmarked. The presentation case is a modern copy covered in blue leatherette and linned with blue rayon and purple felt base. The badge and stickpin have no damage or repairs in good condition.

Product ID: 9460 £400.00