Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Hold silver gilt hammer and sickle

silver gilt hammer and sickle

Fabricated from chocolate brown wool

"ONB" below the fasces and engraver marked "F

measuring 210x149mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Hold silver gilt hammer and sickle(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a top stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 45. 23 mm (w) x 53. 67 mm (h), weighing 24. 9 grams, in near