Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 visually-hidden with a recessed burgundy medal

with a recessed burgundy medal bed featuring a small black and white photograph - possibly the bearer of the award

the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with silver aluminum wire tresses

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with a series of faded production stampings in black ink on both sides

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet Badge by Richard Simm & Söhne, Variant #2 visually-hidden with a recessed burgundy medal(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, surrounding a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge, a pointy vertical pinback, and a broad rightward opening catch soldered onto a plate, marked R. S. & S for manufacture by