Original/Scarce* Kriegsmarine ‘Blockade Runners Badge with Makers Mark ‘Richard Feix Gablonz a.d.N’. N 115. Original/Scarce* Kriegsmarine ‘Blockade Runners Badge with Makers Mark ‘Richard Feix Gablonz a.d.N’. N 115. Antiques & Militaria

Hitler instituted this badge to recognise the courage of merchant navy personnel who were breaking the British blockade. The blockade was having a disastrous effect on essential materials getting to Germany. The badge was designed by Otto Placzek of Berlin and introduced on 1st April 1941. The criteria for the award were; to have brought a ship into a German or German held port after successfully running the enemy blockade, to have scuttled the ship to avoid capture by the enemy, to have served aboard a ship lost through enemy action while at sea and to have displayed daring courage in preventing the ship from falling into enemy hands. The pin and clasp are in very good order and the makers mark ‘Richard Feix Gablonz a.d.N’ is to the rear. See pages 142-143 (A.022) of ‘Combat Medals of the Third Reich’ by Christopher Ailsby. The price for this guaranteed original piece includes UK delivery. N 115.