A German Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive or shortly after

or shortly after

The flag is completed by a white cotton backer

while the leather case exhibits the expected light soiling and cracking in the leather from active use

center embroidered in extra thick cord threads

that he had twelve years' previous service with the 2nd Battalion

A German Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive or shortly afterA mid war period manufacture example of a Kriegsmarine Destroyer War badge Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen; silvered and gilded zink wreath of laurel leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika, and a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath; plain reverse, with a center catch for stabilization and a horizontal needle style pin with a crimped ball hinge and a