Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Anne became the first woman

Anne became the first woman to receive the Hubbard Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society

Mounted to a suspension with a safety pin replacing its original swing bar pinback

inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des Stützpunktes Bocholt Lokführer Heinrich Block fur treue Mitarbeit gewidmet

centre reverse with institution date of 1852-53 in Gold on red enamelled background

well executed enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, Type 3, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity Anne became the first woman(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 86 mm (w) x 57. 09 mm (h), weighing 31. 7 grams, the badge is missing its pinback and catch, an