Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with an arm length of

with an arm length of 53 cm

Clearly stamped onto the pocket is the owner’s name and location of “G

confirming that the "Rear Admiral's clerk

and were manufactured by Huguenin Frères at Le Locle in Switzerland

the reverse maker marked “HERMANN KNÖLLER

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Flatback Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with an arm length of(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain at the six oclock position, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika overlaying the bow, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the