(Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Bruststern zum Großkreuz)
The cap measures 260 mm (w) x 270 mm (l) x 155 mm (h)
it measures 220 mm x 270 mm x 150 mm in height
containing eight pages with a cloth cover
/ Zur von dem Beliehenen" and named in pencil "Klein" on the lightly soiled label
Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Bruststern(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