Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne GTRexclude 1944 while commanding the SS

1944 while commanding the SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 2 of the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich”

and now a Lieutenant-Colonel

surmounted by the Imperial crown and surrounded by an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

DUVIGNAC 1966

gilt loss on obverse centrepiece

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne GTRexclude 1944 while commanding the SS(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, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 45. 33