AUCTION 43: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A NAZI GERMANY WWII KRIEGSMARINE BLOCKADE RUNNER BADGE

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $300 - $400

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A Nazi Germany WWII Kriegsmarine Blockade Runner badge in tombac featuring a ship with a large silvered German eagle grasping a swastika on its bow. Around the circumference of the badge is a chain, through which the ship is cutting. The badge was designed by Otto Placzeck in Berlin. Manufactured by Schwerin, Berlin. Marked on verso. Complete with a vertical tapered pin back with an integral hinge. Worn on the left breast pocket of the uniform.

D:1 15/16 in., (5 cm.)

Condition: E.