Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist German Navy League Member’s Breast Eagle United Republic of hallmarked with a sword on

hallmarked with a sword on the pin

Throughout his military service overseas

encircled by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription ЗА НЕЗАВИСИМОСТЪ ЦРНЕ ГОРЕ (For the Independence of Montenegro)

This was because many of the Merchant seamen were taken as prisoners of war

Queen Marie Cross

Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist German Navy League Member’s Breast Eagle United Republic of hallmarked with a sword on(National Sozialistische Deutscher Marine Bund Brustadler). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a pair of crossed sword and overlaid by an anchor bearing a central black enameled Iron Cross, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.