Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of marked #65 on ring

marked #65 on ring

measuring 19 inches or 48cm

in silver gilt and white enamels

reads "to me dear father

He was aboard the Sloop H

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of marked #65 on ring(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 44. 01 mm (w) x 57. 00 (h), weighing 33. 8 grams, a second variation example,