1890 in Copgrove
A textbook example of a worn Wehrmacht Heer (Army) EM/NCO’s service belt buckle
the others missing attachments
missing its brooch pinback
circumscribed by an inscription of “SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN” (“HIS LOYAL WARRIORS UNTO DEATH”)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now 1890 in Copgrove(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.