Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac returning to Lance Corporal on

returning to Lance Corporal on on July 16

A nice example of a “Infantry Sturmabzeichen” with nearly all of its original silvering intact

WILHELM” (“MEMENTO OF YOUR FRIEND

enamel chips near the center on three of the four arms on obverse and reverse

36 mm x 41

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac returning to Lance Corporal on(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &