Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude and Polish forces launched Operation

and Polish forces launched Operation Market Garden

the pairs of crossed swords are bound to the cross by a single Gold ribbon

it was clear that they could not hang on much longer without reinforcements

Star measures 6

in silver and enamels with Gold Medallions

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge By Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude and Polish forces launched Operation(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of zink, the obverse with a large ship breaking through waves with a large eagle clutching a swastika on its stern, surrounded by a border of silvered chains being broken by the ship near the bottom, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback, marked on reverse with designer Otto Placzek, Berlin and manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin, measuring 48. 75 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 3 grams, reverse