Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 Archive as the only direct route

as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands

was discharged to duty on February 6th

marked on pin with asterix denoting bronze

Footnote: The 2nd King's (Liverpool) Regiment had been on the Indian subcontinent since 1877 and had fought in the Second Afghan War

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 Archive as the only direct route(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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge, a pointy vertical pinback, and a broad rightward opening catch soldered onto a plate, marked R. S. & S for manufacture by