Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive in good to fair condition

in good to fair condition

Pietzonka signed it in blue ink

such as long coats and tall fleece hats

each arm having been hand filed

) Naming officially impressed in large block capitals

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive in good to fair condition(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48.