Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive 4 mm (w) x 32

4 mm (w) x 32

Pietzonka signed it in blue ink

consisiting of three battalions

in good to fair condition

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive 4 mm (w) x 32(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48.