Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive marked with a large "M"

marked with a large "M" on the top of the heavy steel crossguard near the blade

along with the crossguard

constructed of a tan-coloured light cotton twill material and fully surrounded by fold-down side panels

he relinquished his appointment on April 7

Footnote: William Douglas Renton was born in Britain in 1922

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive marked with a large "M"(Kriegsabzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain along the bottom edge, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN