Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive the underside in an olive

the underside in an olive wool material

his name and unit are indecipherable

20 mm (w) x 57

Footnote: Roland MacKay Bleakley was born in 1916 in Kindersley

Agnes Calder of Rutherglen

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Archive the underside in an olive(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow topped by a German national eagle in mid flight 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. 73