Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold with the subject wearing a

with the subject wearing a cap bearing a Wehrmacht eagle and cockade insignia

presenting mild oxidation

he came to Japan on the blockade runner Doggerbank

then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Alberta and Trenton

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold with the subject wearing a(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 84 mm in