An Early Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge United Republic of exhibiting surface wear and black

exhibiting surface wear and black paint loss on the body

centering blue embroidered wings

then attended the Corps School on May 13th

" In his Report

An Early Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge United Republic of exhibiting surface wear and blackAn early example of a Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen; gilded and silvered tombac oval wreath of laurel leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika (note that the swastika is denazified), and a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath; plain reverse, with a center catch for stabilization the horizontal pinback missing; unmarked; measuring 53. 37 mm x 45. 56 mm;