Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude an early cross

an early cross

the ricasso number stamped "2662" on the reverse

The latter’s widow was later a pensioner of Emanuel Hospital

measuring 54 mm x 33 mm

“The German Close Combat Clasp of WWII” (c-PW)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude an early cross(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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a