AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

A NAZI GERMAN WW2 KRIEGSMARINE BLOCKADE RUNNER BADGE

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $450 - $500

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A Nazi German WW2 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.

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

Condition: E.