Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Ypres 1917

Ypres 1917

constructed of two pieces of beige card stock with sturdy magnetic metal stapled maintaining the integrity of both the box and lid

marked with Arabic characters on reverse

with stylized loops in the quadrants

the obverse bearing a central RADwJ insignia in the form of a pair of wheat stalks flanking a mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Ypres 1917(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of toned and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 80 mm in