Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive unmarked but textbook example by

unmarked but textbook example by "Deschler"

stating he belonged to an active militia

the obverse with a central Prussian imperial eagle above a date of “1866”

the reverse featuring a lengthy handwritten inscription to a recipient in Hannover

measuring 18 cm (w) x 22 cm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Archive unmarked but textbook example by(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 and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters