Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Only half of the black

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction Only half of the black(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 57. 40 (h), weighing 26. 7 grams, in near extremely