Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Richard Simm & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of aluminum in the

constructed of aluminum in the shape of a national eagle clutching a mobile wreathed swastika

The Hera was not only valued for the significant role it played in the 1898 Gold Rush to the Yukon and Alaska

The rivets also secure in place a black leather chinstrap adjusted with dual functional bronze buckles

by Henry Legge-Bourke

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Richard Simm & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of aluminum in the(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Richard Simm & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 44. 08 mm (w) x 58. 02