Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge with Presentation Box by Schwerin & Sons Auction Archive the reverse with magnetic metal

the reverse with magnetic metal swivel attachment prongs

measuring 47 mm (w) x 43

marked with the Czech coat-of-arms on the reverse

He was assigned as First Officer to SMS Schleswig-Holstein

with green-enamelled arms

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge with Presentation Box by Schwerin & Sons Auction Archive the reverse with magnetic metal(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted June 4th, 1940. (Mid to late war issue). 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 depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a hinge soldered prone to the reverse with a tapered horizontal pinback meeting a