Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A third reich period DLV

A third reich period DLV (German Air Sports Association/Deutscher Luftsportverband)

1917 before being attached to the 1st Canadian Divisional Headquarters as Permanent Traffic Control on the 29th

the obverse bearing a central RADwJ insignia in the form of a pair of wheat stalks flanking a mobile swastika

with stylized loops in the quadrants

circumscribed by the inscription “Ein Gott

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A third reich period DLV(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of toned and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a blockade runner cutting through the chain, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48. 80 mm in