Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Province of China Berlin - Silver frame

Berlin - Silver frame

copyrighted by the author in 2004

and hallmarked with a Royal Crown and “L”

issued at divisional headquarters on 20 April 1945

enlisted on April 8

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Province of China Berlin - Silver frame(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). 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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer