Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction inscribed "Die siegreichen Fahnen und

inscribed "Die siegreichen Fahnen und Standarten der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Karte 13" (The Victorious Flags and Standards of the German Wehrmacht - Card 13)

Michigan when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (226072) with the Depot Regiment

maker marked "HE"

1917 but reverted to the rank of Private

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction inscribed "Die siegreichen Fahnen und(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,