Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By A.g. Metall & Kunststoff Auction Archive “Vorausabteilung Knabe”

“Vorausabteilung Knabe”

The shoulders are adorned with epaulette straps trimmed in angled yellow-gold cord and are held firmly in place by gilt aluminum buttons at one end and sewn in place at the opposite end

linen cloth measuring tape marked in inches on one side and in links (approximately 20 cm apart) on the other

Republic: Basic Parachutist Badge (in bronze gilt with red

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By A.g. Metall & Kunststoff Auction Archive “Vorausabteilung Knabe”(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of A. G. Metall & Kunststoff, measuring 49. 72 mm, weighing 38. 6 grams, some loss of finish