Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold and a Stacked Ribbon Bar

and a Stacked Ribbon Bar (original ribbons

Leading Aircraftman/Chief Technician/Flight Sergeant A

with the actual award taped in place over its matching illustration

with fasces on all four sides of the tablet

The award's statute included provisions for posthumous award should the intended recipient not survive detention

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold and a Stacked Ribbon Bar(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 57. 07 mm (h),