Mint - Navy Destroyer Badge by GWL
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A Mint Kriegsmarine Zerstörerkriegsabzeichen by Gebruder Wegerhoff of Lüdenscheid. The Navy Destroyer War Badge was authorize on June 4th 1940 and could be awarded to every crew member and officer of every destroyer, torpedo boat or S-boat who took part in the actions in Norway (especially around Narvik). They must also be in good standing and participation in either three engagements or three offensive mining operations or 12 sorties against the enemy, there were other special considerations or conditions that may grant the badge as well. It is constructed out of a die struck tombak base that has been gold gilded and chemically blackened. The obverse depicts a destroyer ship breaking through the sea below a small Kriegsmarine eagle (with closed wings, clutching a mobile swastika within its talons), which is then all encompassed by an oak leaf wreath that is tied together at the bottom. The full back reverse is maker marked: “G.W.L.”. It also features a tombak; soldered on block hinge, soldered on C-shaped catch and a coke bottle pin. All of the components remain working well. I’m being anal here and there is the slightest silver loss to the catch that you can only see from a certain angle and one scratch to the back. The polished swastika looks awesome, the gilding silvering and details are all superb! It measures approximately 2 1/8 inches high by 1 13/16 inches wide. It will be extremely tough to upgrade this one!
| Rating: | Mint- |
| Item Number: | M-23581 |
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