Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer Badge & Award Document Signed, by Vizeadmiral Leo Kreisch Auction Archive is the only one known

is the only one known to exist

prongs and screwbacks

circa 1810-15

measuring 56 mm x 39 mm

on a white cotton backer to be worn on the white service uniform

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer Badge & Award Document Signed, by Vizeadmiral Leo Kreisch Auction Archive is the only one knownA Kriegsmarine Destroyer Badge. (Zerstrerabzeichen). Instituted June 4th, 1940. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered zinc, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbons and topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with plain, with a repaired vertical