Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold 11 of them while flying

11 of them while flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110

Placed onto the reserve list in mid-November

receiving a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left ankle

Silver Grade: awarded to bronze medal recipients with thirty years' service

Rear Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster (1886–1973)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Hold 11 of them while flying(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of patinated and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain wreath, with a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN and designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN, measuring 47. 90 mm in diameter,