Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive with light contact marks on

with light contact marks on the core

In December 1941

when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic on April 13

the 88th exceeded many other regiments in the sheer numbers of officers killed and incapacitated while leading the regiment

slight enamel chipping on centrepiece ring of MEOIE

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin Archive with light contact marks on(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire cach, marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 43. 81 mm (w) x 56. 90 (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in