Basic info

Collection

Numismatics

Title

German Blockade Runners' Badge

Object name

Badge

Object category

Uniform

Object subcategory

Insignia

Description

Brown coloured metal badge. Circle shape with linked chain going around the perimeter. Centre has a ship with eagle on its bow. Has 'Fec. Otto Placzek Berlin Ausf. A.G.M.u.K.4.Gablonz' on the back. Issued to sailors breaking the allied blockage. (German: Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher).

Production date start

1941

Production date end

1945

Period

World War Two