K006884 DESTROYER WAR BADGE. (Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen)

BACKGROUND: The Destroyer War Badge was instituted on June 4TH 1940 by Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine und Großadmiral, (Commander in Chief of the Navy and Grand Admiral), Erich Raeder, for award to destroyer crew members who had participated in the naval battle for Narvik Norway under the command of Kommodore Friedrich Bonte. Regulations of October 1940 extended bestowal of the Destroyer War Badge to include other destroyer, torpedo, and E-boat personnel involved in other naval battles who met a preset criteria. Of Note: Torpedo and E-boat personnel were no longer eligible for the Destroyer War Badge after the introduction of the E-boat badge on May 30TH 1941.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Solid backed, die struck, alloy construction badge with gilt and silver washes is in the form of a gilt washed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a small, national eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in its talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the forward, side, profile view of a cut-out, silver washed, Destroyer and waves. The reverse of the badge has a soldered, crimped, hinge on a rectangular base plate, a thin, round, horizontal pin, catch on an oval base plate and a soldered, retaining hook to the top all intact. The reverse of the badge is well marked with the embossed manufacturer’s initials, "S.H. u. Co.", indicating manufacture by Sohni, Heubach und Companie Metallwarenfabrik of Idar/Oberstein.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $298.00

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