Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction measuring 72 mm (w) x

measuring 72 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

A fine quality example of a first war Prussian Pilot’s (Flugzeugführer) badge

Füdenscheid” on reverse

27th September 1901]: "Alfred Lingard Green

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction measuring 72 mm (w) x(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 style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 43. 57 mm (w) x 56. 80 mm (h),