Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Auction Archive The ceremony involved an official

The ceremony involved an official delegation from France

the reverse features a female figure gesturing to sea

which is rolled up and secured inside when not in use

Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

with two rows of leafing below the eagle in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire in two textures

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Auction Archive The ceremony involved an official(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur Anstecknadel und Etui). Instituted April 1st, 1941. (Mid to late war issue). Constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat