Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Second-in-Command of the 6th Canadian

Second-in-Command of the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles and Commanding Officer of the 105th Infantry Battalion

he was presumed and posthumously promoted to Major and awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on November 18

an additional strap below wrapped around the body of the scabbard

stamped August 18

light blue and gray embroidery

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Auction Second-in-Command of the 6th Canadian(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked ADOLF BOCK, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 92 mm (w) x