Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge with Presentation Box by Schwerin & Sons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac standing outside

standing outside

that his son-in-law was in Camp Hammelburg

11 mm x 44

the collar is flanked by tabs composed of green-coloured wool base

Measuring 214 mm (w) x 282 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge with Presentation Box by Schwerin & Sons consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac standing outside(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted June 4th, 1940. (Mid to late war issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a hinge soldered prone to the reverse with a tapered horizontal pinback meeting a