Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive sewn into place for wearing

sewn into place for wearing by vet

he was posted to Headquarters

and “64” for size)

5 and 2 o’clock arms

A 1934 “Deutsch ist die Saar - Des Deutschen Ehre ist die Treue” (The Saar is German - German honour is faithful) badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive sewn into place for wearing(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and elongated vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from an