Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Lieutenant Commander Morton

Lieutenant Commander Morton

receiving command of the Austro-German Sudarmee in the Carpathians in January 1915

reverse arms with gilt inscriptions of dates of significance to the Order

a white enamelled cross with central eagle with blue enamel field

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 39th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Blockade Runner Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Republic of Lieutenant Commander Morton(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade breaker cutting through waves and breaching the chain, overlaid across the bow by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker