Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Republic of a German Cross in Gold

a German Cross in Gold award document (212x297mm

Großkreuz mit Bruststern)

75mm (w) x 56

incorporating a star and crescent moon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Blockade Runner Badge, with Miniature Stick Pin, by Schwerin and Sons Republic of a German Cross in Gold(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur Anstecknadel und Etui). Instituted April 1st, 1941. (Mid to late war issue). Constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat