Bidspirit auction | GERMAN WW2 KRIEGSMARINE HONOUR ROLL/CLASP

GERMAN WW2 KRIEGSMARINE HONOUR ROLL/CLASP - GERMAN WW2 KRIEGSMARINE HONOUR ROLL/CLASP Ehrenblattflugspange der Kriegsmarine. This rare award was issued to personnel who fell just short of of being issued the Knights Cross. Winners of the German Cross could ask for this award being issued to them. The Honour Roll Clasp was therefore given only to an elite group, eligible for this award due to their extraordinary bravery. REFERENCE : Detlev Niemann in 'Price Guide. Orders and decorations Germany', 2004, page 560 put 1500 EURO ($2000 - 16 years ago !!) for that nice award. In a two years: Lothar Hartung catalogue 'Auszeichnungen des 3. Reiches', spezialkatalog 2005/2006, item 375, page 19, catalogue price is 2600 EURO ($3200 - 15 years ago). HISTORY of SALES : Recently Kai Winkler GmbH in Germany sold the same badge for 6600 euro ($7900 !!) Please note: last image is for sample only. ESTIMATE PRICE : $7000 - $8000. OFFER : If an item is NOT SOLD, you can still give us a reasonable offer - please save the link of this page. PAYMENT : Wire transfer, Check or Money Order payment are also available. International bidder can use PayPal for payment. PAY in PARTS : You can pay for any item during 2-3 months. Just make a deposit 10% and the item will wait for you. SHIPPING : Let us Handle Your Shipping. We are one of the few places that offer full service shipping. For your convenience we will ship your item - shipping costs will be included in the invoice. Combined shipping is available - next item will be ONE DOLLAR for shipping. NEW : Returning customer will have FREE SHIPPING in USA and 50% DISCOUNT on international shipping. WIKIPEDIA : The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871-1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919-1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer (Army) and the Luftwaffe (Air Force), of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of National Socialist-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. The Kriegsmarine's most famous ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys. After the Second World War in 1945, the Kriegsmarine's remaining ships were divided up amongst the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping.