Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac D/2nd Bde R

D/2nd Bde R

on January 12

(Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel für einen Offizier)

with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia

presents a facsimile signature of the national treasurer Theodor Gruß

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac D/2nd Bde R(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an elongated