Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude semi-dished version

semi-dished version

USS North Carolina guarded carriers while their planes kept the Japanese aircraft on Luzon airfields from interfering with the invasion convoys which assaulted Mindoro on December 15

maker mark engraved “F

Footnote: The medal was instituted on December 29

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude semi-dished version(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle, with a central destroyer cutting through waves, its bow extending beyond the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 45. 11 mm (w) x 54. 31 mm (h), the obverse swastika has been ground out and the reverse