Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Hold measuring 15 mm (w) x

measuring 15 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with golden-yellow wool piping

and every day thereafter

He first served on the Cruiser “Karlsruhe”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Hold measuring 15 mm (w) x(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 central 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 flat wire catch, with a stabilizer