Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction With supporting cavalry and artillery

With supporting cavalry and artillery units

mounted to a bronze maple leaf base with a chocolate-brown finish

marked CEJ on reverse

towards the end of the year

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction With supporting cavalry and artillery(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the left edge of the wreath, the reverse topped by a stabilizer, with a block hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat