Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction reverse inscribed "THE STATE OF

reverse inscribed "THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TO HER SONS WHO ON LAND AND SEA DEFENDED THE NATION'S HONOUR IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN 1898"

the hoist edge with a hollow channel for display

28 mm x 57

front and back cover have are no longer attached to each other or the inside of the book

the obverse illustrating a mobile swastika superimposed on a winged man (Icarus) in flight

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Auction reverse inscribed "THE STATE OF(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of a oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna,