Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer Badge & Award Document Signed, by Vizeadmiral Leo Kreisch visually-hidden marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code of “M4/38” for Richard Sieper & Söhne

Footnote: The Star for Loyalty and Merit was a civilian award established on January 1

(SA Treffen Braunschweig Abzeichen)

the chapri measuring 225 mm in length along the top edge

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer Badge & Award Document Signed, by Vizeadmiral Leo Kreisch visually-hidden marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)A 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