Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin GTRexclude Dated to Frankfurt/Oder on 7

Dated to Frankfurt/Oder on 7 January 1868

Impressed by the carriers’ performance

measuring 56 mm x 36 mm

attachment broken off)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin GTRexclude Dated to Frankfurt/Oder on 7(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48.