A Early Quality Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Schwerin Of Berlin Auction A 1938 NSDAP Kreistag Limburg/Unterlahn

A 1938 NSDAP Kreistag Limburg/Unterlahn badge

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 248th Infantry Battalion on January 20

but likely particular only to this maker

"Khler & Son - Makers - 116 Victoria Street - Westminster - London" and with the image of two medals along with the dates

engraved "TUG-OF-WAR 1927 Winners" and hand-scratched "No 4 Coy CPL

A Early Quality Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Schwerin Of Berlin Auction A 1938 NSDAP Kreistag Limburg/UnterlahnA fine early quality textbook example of a Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen; gilded and silvered tombac oval wreath of laurel leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika, and a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath; plain reverse, with a center catch for stabilization and a horizontal slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker