Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Archive Elizabeth McNiven of Toronto

Elizabeth McNiven of Toronto

generally extremely fine

a graphic artist and painter

Issued in three grades

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Archive Elizabeth McNiven of Toronto(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, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a horizontal block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabziling clip, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN,