Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall U. Kunststoff GTRexclude Irving Air Chute had become

Irving Air Chute had become the largest parachute manufacturer in the world and by 1939

Also included are 6 shoulder pips

exhibiting great attention to detail

Footnote: Jacques Meckert was born on 21 December 1908 in Berlin

it appears to be a manufacturing error

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall U. Kunststoff GTRexclude Irving Air Chute had become(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central blockade runner cutting through waves, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight clutching a swastika, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked with the logo of Arbeitsgemeinschaft