Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold subsequently repaired and returned to

subsequently repaired and returned to service

and with circular leaf medallions affixed to each corner

in turn surrounded by a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “SINCERE ET CONSTANTER” (“SINCERE AND PERSISTENT”) and a hand-painted laurel branches

measuring 24 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)

leather tab stitched in place to the roll bar on the buckle

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold subsequently repaired and returned to(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 Kriegsmarine destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but