Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Auction with the traditional forest green

with the traditional forest green lead-in before titles appearing in German

the underside of the front piece lined in red felt

but displaying typical characteristics of “Steinhauer & Lück

born on October 5

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Auction with the traditional forest green(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 depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, with