Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction red and silver inks

red and silver inks

McKenzie of Norris City

followed after the war by his award of the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

when he refused to accept Austrian Golden Merit Decoration First Class (cross with red enamel) from Austrian delegation

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction red and silver inks(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding 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 43. 86 mm