Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin visually-hidden A 1935 Gau Appell Halle-Merseburg

A 1935 Gau Appell Halle-Merseburg badge (15-6

The bonnet is topped with a red toorie

situated within an oak leaf frame

the red enamelled text "MERITE DU TRAVAIL" on the obverse exhibiting slight discolouration

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Variation 4, by Schwerin visually-hidden A 1935 Gau Appell Halle-Merseburg(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN,