Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Unmarked by Steinhauer & Lück, Variant I consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 36 mm x 73

36 mm x 73

the patron saint of the Order and of Scotland in silvered bronze

on November 26th

inscribed below “Für Rettung aus Gefahr” (German - For Rescue from Danger)

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Unmarked by Steinhauer & Lück, Variant I consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 36 mm x 73(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted in April 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a raised sheet metal hinge, with a slightly tapered vertical pinback, and a flat stamped catch, an unmarked example but