Footnote: Adolf Bartels (15 November 1862 – 7 March 1945) was a German journalist and poet
(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille)
this blade easily grades in extremely fine condition retaining its sharp tip
In bronze with black
with eight pressure rivets on the reverse
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude Footnote: Adolf Bartels (15 November(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 57. 40 (h), weighing 26. 7 grams, in near extremely