Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidered

(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidered lettering on a black cotton/rayon base

the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1914”

Footnote: Thomas James Gorrod was born in London

followed after the war by his award of the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

In bronze or aluminum

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidered(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm