Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of with a 42 mm long

with a 42 mm long knurled pin

Angolia and Adolf Schlicht

Marked ORUZARNICA ZABOK 1944

oxidation on lower half of medal

just before Operation Cobra

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin United Republic of with a 42 mm long(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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer