An Early Quality Blockade Runner Badge by Schwerin of Berlin

A textbook example of a fine early quality Blockade Runner badge (Blockadebrecherabzeichen); in circular patinated and silvered tombac; the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom; the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked “Schwerin, berlin” and marked by the designer “Otto Placzek, Berlin” on the reverse; measuring 48.81 mm; weighing 36.5 grams; better than extremely fine condition.