Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive DREYER FUR TREUE DIENSTE 24

DREYER FUR TREUE DIENSTE 24 FEBRUAR 1925” (THE CANAL KEEPER KARL HEINRICH FRIEDRICH DREYER FOR LOYALTY IN THE SERVICE 24 FEBRUARY 1925)

A 1937 NSDAP Kreistreffen Rheingau badge (18

Shows the expected age with small degrees of soiling and only a two moth spots

In June 1941 the unit took part in Operation Barbarossa

Carpenter and Millwright

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive DREYER FUR TREUE DIENSTE 24(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 44. 22 mm (w) x 57.