Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold with the actual award taped

with the actual award taped in place over its matching illustration

The award's statute included provisions for posthumous award should the intended recipient not survive detention

he managed to evade the Germans after the Raid on Drvar

A First War German Naval League Bravery Medal & Photograph - Imperial Germany

An early 20th century sash fabricated from silk

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Hold with the actual award taped(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 57. 07 mm (h),