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German Navy |
| 69123 |  | EHRENTAFELSPANGE DER KRIEGSMARINE - From July 1941, beginning with Des Heeres, the General Staff compiled a list of soldiers and their units to record and recognise the many acts of valour. In 1943, Des Kriegsmarine followed suit for Naval personnel and in 1944 by Des Luftwaffe, all recognising this special class of servicemen. To be on the Honour Role meant you had already been cited for outstanding acts of bravery. In January, 1944 the Führer thought to create an award recognising the valour and bravery of each man recorded in their respective "Honour Role Book." The Kriegsmarine received the least amount of awards, and can be described as a non-magnetic stamped metal and finished with gold. The reverse has soldered to it 4 round nails to be pierced through the ribbon of a 1939 Iron Cross and mounted onto the tunic in the same fashion as the Iron Cross 1939 2nd Class. In addition, those awarded this clasp had already been awarded at least the 2nd and 1st Class Iron Cross and if not already awarded, was automatically awarded with the German Cross in Gold. This award is absolutely stone mint condition and is mounted to an unused 2nd class Iron Cross Ribbon. As an extremely rare award, less than 40 were awarded to the Kriegsmarine by Grand Admiral Dönitz. | $2425.00 |
| 5012 |  | FLOTTEN-KRIEGSABZEICHEN - Naval High Seas Fleet War Badge, Form 1, very heavy early tombak alloy weighing 32.28g., maker SCHWERIN of BERLIN hallmarks the beautiful fire gilt to the wreath and National eagle, an amalgam of gold and mercury is applied to the wreath before firing giving this magnificent badge a superior perfect finish. Other hallmarks notable on this specimen include a common over-splash of gold finish visible from the reverse not to mention crisp details from the battleship. The reverse of the badge is concave. Both the designer and the manufacturer are shown in raised letters FEC. ADOLF BOCK, AUSF. SCHWERIN BERLIN. Other authentic hallmarks of this badge include a short leg on the "A" in "Adolf " and a left tilted "O" in Bock. The solid metal hinge is soldered directly to the badge surface and is pinned to the wide tapered coke bottle Schwerin styled hinge. Note the hinge pin exhibits a heavy duty mushroom type head, yet another hallmark of fine early Schwerin Berlin badges. In Outstanding Condition. | $850.00 |