Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed with unusual rayed arms

with unusual rayed arms

green enamelled laurel wreath in each quadrant

original ribbon with piback

The first medals were struck in 1844 and presented for rescues dating back to November 1839

2 mm (h - inclusive of its trophy of arms suspension)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed with unusual rayed arms(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wrath, surrounding a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika in mid flight and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked