(Abzeichen Für Blockadebrecher)

Date Instituted

1 April 1941

Requirements

* Running a blockade and docking in a German port, or
* Being wounded in duty, or
* Preventing the taking of a German ship

Number Awarded

?

Known makers/markings

R.S., Schwerin


Blockade Runner Badge in wear

(Courtesy of Ostmann)

Comments

It was designed by Otto Placzek.

Photo courtesy of Rusfront

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - A collectors guide to the Kriegsmarine
Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich