Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of 14 APRIL 1828”)

14 APRIL 1828”)

46mm x 51mm

Marked ORUZARNICA ZABOK 1944

just before Operation Cobra

oxidation on lower half of medal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of 14 APRIL 1828”)(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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer