Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive he was entrusted with a

he was entrusted with a special mission: to go to Anticosti Island and secure control of a Marconi radio unit that might be a target for the Germans

58mm (h – including the crown and integral ring)

the obverse with an Iron Cross overlaid by dates “1870-1871” inside of a laurel wreath

missing both pin & catch (appears to be period lost)

with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive he was entrusted with a(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &