Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin GTRexclude Silver with gold wash on

Silver with gold wash on bronze

she met Adolf Hitler by chance on a tram in Munich in 1920

He is credited with having participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign and was present at the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines

The lower pockets similarly have scalloped flaps with reinforced buttonholes meeting pebbled zink buttons

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin GTRexclude Silver with gold wash on(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 04 mm (w)