Picked up this nice tombak High Seas Fleet War Badge by Schwerin with coke bottle pin, tomback flat wire catch and block hinge. It weighs in at the perfect 32g.

Overall shape is just the way I like them. Good worn condition with just slight wear.

That said, I’m not sure if it is a first pattern 6.01 or a second pattern 6.02. It is missing a few characteristics of each. Would love your opinion.

1) the Maker Mark located closer to the catch with is typical of a 6.02
2) It is missing the alignment dots that follow the curved contours of the 6.01 badge right below catch (they look like braille)
3) It however, does not have the slightly misshapen down sloping right antenna boom die flaw which is typical of the 6.02 version.

Personally, I would think it is a 6.02 struck prior to the emergence of the die flaw in the antenna boom.

Either way, a great award that I am happy to add to my small KM collection.

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Regards,

Michael

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