Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Archive the reverse bearing a handwritten

the reverse bearing a handwritten name and birthdate

all opening with pebbled zink buttons meeting stylized horizontal flaps

A Historic Desk Seal Owned by The Duke of Wellington and a Geranium Leaf From Napoleon’s Tomb at St

said to have given birth to King Menelik I after her visit to Solomon in Jerusalem

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by C. Schwerin & Son of Berlin - Variant III Archive the reverse bearing a handwritten(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted April 30th, 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge, banjo style vertical pinback, and flat wire catch, marked Fec. Adolf Bock and maker marked Ausf.