Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive The Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service)

The Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service) deferred his placement and he did not receive an appointment until 19 May 1943

with an inscription along the edge reading “AUS EROBERTEM GESCHÜTZ” (“FROM CAPTURED CANNON”)

and Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Collar Tab (in bronze gilt

the obverse with a raised central swastika and re-institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive The Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service)(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consists of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 57. 47 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, evidence of period repair