An Early Quality Blockade Runner Badge by Schwerin of Berlin

A textbook example of a fine early quality Blockade Runner badge (Blockadebrecherabzeichen); a circular patinated and silvered tombac badge; 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; marked “Fec. Otto Placzek, Berlin” and “Ausf. Schwerin, Berlin” on the reverse; measuring 48.84 mm in diameter; weighing 36.8 grams; better than extremely fine condition.