Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive constructed of machine woven brown

constructed of machine woven brown rayon cloth base

missing both pin & catch (appears to be period lost)

the obverse with an Iron Cross overlaid by dates “1870-1871” inside of a laurel wreath

silvered and red enamelled shield fronting a brass eagle

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive constructed of machine woven brown(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer &