Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mild bruising

mild bruising

the underside of the visor and the neck guard

the reverse maker marked “HERMANN KNÖLLER

when the two were in combat twelve days later

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mild bruising(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the