Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Unmarked by Steinhauer & Lück, Variant I consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed below “Für Rettung aus

inscribed below “Für Rettung aus Gefahr” (German - For Rescue from Danger)

on November 26th

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral suspension loop connecting to a Gold clasp

the patron saint of the Order and of Scotland in silvered bronze

surmounting a large black rosette on the left side

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge, Unmarked by Steinhauer & Lück, Variant I consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed below “Für Rettung aus(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Instituted in April 1941. Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a raised sheet metal hinge, with a slightly tapered vertical pinback, and a flat stamped catch, an unmarked example but