Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne Newly Listed in this case

in this case

then based at Calshot

angled engravings at its base

The rest of the album depicts wartime scenes from the Eastern Front

and was sent to hospital

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne Newly Listed in this case(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