Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Republic of Third Class - in bronzed

Third Class - in bronzed aluminum

engraved HJ at the bottom on the reverse

Medal for Victory and Freedom 1945

sloping upward to a central raised centrepiece in the form of a stylized Etrich Taube featuring downturned tail and wings

(Wolchow-Stab)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Republic of Third Class - in bronzed(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 Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, with