Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive CRISTLBAUER"

CRISTLBAUER"

" in black handwritten text

notably receiving the Pour le Mérite for his efforts in revolutionizing battlefield reconnaissance

reverse engraved with the inscription ""FORCE A LA LOY"" (Force to the Law) within a circular border with a snake's head

wearing a visor cap and with the collar insignia of a Satnik or Nadsatnik visible

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive CRISTLBAUER"(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wrath, surrounding a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika in mid flight and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked