Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Republic of tartan swatch highlighting the voided

tartan swatch highlighting the voided area)

The sweatband also folds down to reveal a fully-intact RZM label bearing a maker’s code of “27” with a secondary code “824644”

were robe makers and court tailors

at the age of 74

both screwbacks intact

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Republic of tartan swatch highlighting the voided(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 block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch,