Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive or "Blue Division") fought on

or "Blue Division") fought on the Eastern Front under German command from 1941 to 1944

as originally mounted on hard stock

centre obverse with gold embossed Polish national eagle

and so probably destroying the enemy aircraft

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive or "Blue Division") fought on(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves, 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 flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 84 mm in