Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 86 mm x 48

86 mm x 48

featuring an insignia tab bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire SS-style Totenkopf above a number “21”

marked “800” for silver content on the ring

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 86 mm x 48(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