Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction to Officers who were in

to Officers who were in command of the army gathered in Boulogne

inscribed with “BARMHERZIGKEIT 1914” (Mercifulness 1914)

He was drafted for war service under the Military Service Act of 1917

constructed of a card stock binding with a dark blue canvas exterior liner

reverse illustrating a fell wreath of holly

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction to Officers who were in(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, 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 edge of the wreath, the reverse with a horizontal block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabziling clip, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN,