Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Studio Portrait of Major

A Studio Portrait of Major General Emil von Beckh Widmanstatten

in addition to material fatigue to the case which includes the loss of its hinge

an NSDAP Long Service Award I Class for 25 Years

each featuring three First and Second War period decorations

Exhibition Camp

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Studio Portrait of Major(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48.