Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction The Union Defence Forces Medals

The Union Defence Forces Medals Transmittal Slip accompanying the medals acknowledged that he was to receive the aforementioned six medals

with a partially severed interior fabric hinge cover and a functional exterior paper hinge

He passed on December 20th 2009

measuring 106 mm x 43 mm

starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction The Union Defence Forces Medals(Kriegsabzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain along the bottom edge, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN