Blockade Runner Badge
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Design
The badge was designed by Otto Placzeck in Berlin. It was in either tombac or zinc and featured a ship with a large German eagle grasping a swastika on its bow. Around the circumference of the badge is a chain, through which the ship is cutting.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The eagle was silvered whilst the rest of the badge was a dark gray colour.
The badge was worn on the left breast pocket of the uniform. A smaller half-size version was awarded for use by civilians and members of the merchant marine.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Notes
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References
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