Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Catharines Regiment

Catharines Regiment

on July 15th

Trier-Kurtrier

After his formal education was finished

Both the construction of the epaulettes and the maker’s information indicate that manufacture took place circa 1905

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Auction Catharines Regiment(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 88 mm