Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden Pforzheim on the reverse

Pforzheim on the reverse

a medal commemorating the China Campaign

the ribbon suspended from a bronze gilt bar with ball finials at the ends and pinback

a thin leather sweatband lines the inside brim

measuring 96 mm x 52 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden Pforzheim on the reverse(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 and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 79 mm