A Mint Early Quality Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Schwerin of Berlin

A mint, fine early quality textbook example of a “Flottenkriegsabzeichen”; gilded and silvered tombac; oval wreath of oak leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika and with ribbons tied on the bottom, with a frontal view of a German battleship cutting through the waves; plain reverse; with a vertical slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked “Schwerin, Berlin” and designer marked “Adolf Bock” on the reverse; measuring 56.96 mm x 43.91 mm; weighing 32.6 grams; with the original gilding extremely well preserved; overall near mint condition.