on his personal letterhead
constructed of green wool
A good group to a Gebirgsjäger who advanced from Feldwebel to Hauptmann
The front is completed by a vertical row of five 19mm silvered brass-cored buttons on the right side
one of only 744 Canadians to receive the order
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Hold on his personal letterhead(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 German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the left edge of the wreath, the reverse topped by a stabilizer, with a block hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat