Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction measuring 153 mm (w) x

measuring 153 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

at Knaresborough

a Hesse Bravery Medal ribbon

Footnote: USS L-10 (SS-50) was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy

" Pett later became a Prisoner of War and was housed at Stalag Camp 344

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction measuring 153 mm (w) x(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, cut through by a central blockade runner with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 64 mm in diameter, weighing 35. 7