Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive Pietzonka signed it in blue

Pietzonka signed it in blue ink

) Naming officially impressed in large block capitals

such as long coats and tall fleece hats

extensively worn

Constructed of multiple panels of white rayon with sturdy machine-reinforced seams and retaining a full-length drawstring for attachment to a load

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Block Runner Badge, with Miniature and Case, by Schwerin Auction Archive Pietzonka signed it in blue(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 48.