Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude two measuring 22

two measuring 22

both measuring 152 mm (w) x 102 mm (h)

International Banknote Society Life Member No

Mounted on original ribbon with "Kleindekoration" of the Commanders Cross attached

and as Hughes noted

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude two measuring 22(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 17 mm (w)