Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin visually-hidden with highly polished highlights

with highly polished highlights

"M" and marked with the company's insignia incorporating the initials "OLC" within a diamond-shaped border on the reverse

1917) production in extremely fine condition

These men landed on beaches Y and X

graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1925

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin visually-hidden with highly polished highlights(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, using the latters Variation 2 design, measuring 44. 0 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h), weighing 32.