Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Admiral’s Bicorn Hat Button Hold who was killed while tending

who was killed while tending to wounded sailors

19 July 1940

dual vertical pinbacks

Pinned into the peak is an aluminum Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Signed in blue ink

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Admiral’s Bicorn Hat Button Hold who was killed while tending(Kriegsmarine Knopf fr Zweispitz). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a ribbed circular medallion with a styled rope border, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining both butterfly style attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 30 mm in diameter, a scarce example in extremely fine condition.