Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude 147th Infantry Battalion "Grey Battalion"

147th Infantry Battalion "Grey Battalion" (browning copper

Very crisp strike and excellent fire gilding

Canada ribbon banner and maple leaves

the reverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a golden crowned Bavarian lion within gilt border in the form of a buckled belt with golden numbers reading “1866”

Accompanied by its matching medal ribbon bar with two period original ribbons

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn GTRexclude 147th Infantry Battalion "Grey Battalion"(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 4 July 1940 by Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder. A Destroyer War Badge constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, composed of an oak leaf wreath with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika at the top, depicting a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath, reverse presents plain with a centre catch for stabilization and horizontal coke bottle shaped