Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of In gypsum with a metal

In gypsum with a metal backing plate (magnetic)

The reverse of the photo bears a typewritten inscription of “JUNI 41

Bronze with a bronze-coloured wash

she sighted another ship right ahead

a Third Reich-period member’s armband

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of In gypsum with a metal(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 Kriegsmarine 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 round wire catch, unmarked but