Attractive - and complete! - set comprising of a WH (KM) 'Blockadebrecher-Kriegsabzeichen' being a maker- (ie. 'Schwerin'-) marked example that comes together with its accompanying 'Halbminiatur', both as executed in multi-coloured 'Buntmetall...

The attractive - and truly quality-produced! - WH (Kriegsmarine) award-set holds both the regular- and/or half-sized version of the: 'Blockadebrecher-Kriegsabzeichen' (or: blocade-runner war-badge). Both pieces are (I deem) only minimally worn and were always kept as a set (they originated from a German private-household where they were recently found together: they were never part of any collection). Both attractive 'Kriegsmarine'-related awards retain great pronounced detail and retain most of their 'off-factory' bluish-coloured- ie. bright-silverish finish (as can be seen on the pictures): the neat set has (I deem) never been cleaned nor polished (but was, nevertheless, moderately worn). The regular-sized badge (which is of the typical 'Buntmetall'-based-, 'flat-back'-pattern-) shows a clearly present makers'-marking (that reads: 'Fec. Otto Placzek Berlin - Ausf. Schwerin - Berlin') whereas the neat and/or: 26 mm.-sized: 'Halbminiatur' is void of any makers'-signification (as is more often the case). The regular-sized award comes naturally mounted onto its (fully functional) pin- and/or pin-catch set-up whereas the miniature is mounted on its full-sized pin as to be expected. It should be noted that these (matching!) quality-produced- and/or: 'Buntmetall'-based 'Blockadebrecher-Kriegsabzeichen'-sets can easily be graded 'scarce' and are not that often offered for sale: I deem that I have priced this great and fully untouched set accordingly!