Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was easily fatigued

was easily fatigued

and were manufactured by Huguenin Frères at Le Locle in Switzerland

the reverse maker marked “HERMANN KNÖLLER

when the two were in combat twelve days later

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was easily fatigued(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the