Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold measuring 117 mm (w) x

measuring 117 mm (w) x 165 mm (h) x 33

United States Army Air Force Patch

number A-823 in January 1939

scattered silvering wear on the eagle

Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold measuring 117 mm (w) x(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through the chain, its bow topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, with its head extending beyond the edge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but