Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Republic of 2 mm long bar with

2 mm long bar with pinback

tartan swatch highlighting the voided area)

silvered fouled anchor insignia affixed to the padded fine gold-coloured bullion upper

at the age of 74

The sweatband also folds down to reveal a fully-intact RZM label bearing a maker’s code of “27” with a secondary code “824644”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Republic of 2 mm long bar with(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 Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a Kriegsmarine destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch,