Austria (Republic): Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (bronze gilt with red and white enamels
and Army Button (in bronze
Schwertern und Brillanten)
green and red enamelled base
the second badge number impressed "X1732" on the reverse
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Schwerin Newly Listed Austria (Republic): Decoration of Honour(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,