Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Province of China encompassed by a border inscribed

encompassed by a border inscribed with “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IN KÄRNTEN 1920-1941”

he spent thirty-one years in uniform

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

the lower half of the image overlaid by his handwritten signature in black ink

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Province of China encompassed by a border inscribed(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, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 33.