词条 | Blockade Runner Badge |
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|name=Blockade Runner Badge Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher |image=Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher.jpg |image_size=200px |caption=Designed by Otto Placzeck |awarded_by=Nazi Germany |type=Badge |eligibility=Military and non-military personnel |for=service on warships or merchant vessels that attempted to break through the British sea blockade of Germany |campaign=World War II |status=Obsolete |description= |clasps= |established=1 April 1941 |first_award= |last_award= |total= |posthumous= |recipients= |individual= |higher= |same= |lower= |related= |image2= |caption2= }} The Blockade Runner Badge or the Badge for Blockade Runners ({{Lang-de|Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher}}) was a World War II German military decoration awarded for service on warships or merchant vessels that attempted to break through the British sea blockade of Germany. It was instituted on 1 April 1941 upon the order of Adolf Hitler and first awarded on 1 July of the same year to Hugo Olendorff.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=134}} DesignThe 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 through.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=134}} 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.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=134}} NotesReferences
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