Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of 65th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge:

65th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge: in browning copper

the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Tsarina Catherine II (“the Great”)

5 mm wings insignia

with light pitting

Footnote: John Fletcher was born on October 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Refurbished Example by Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of 65th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge:(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oka leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a ball hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Richard Simm & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 44. 07 mm