Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a white enameled

consisting of a white enameled Christ Cross with Gold borders joined through the arms by a green and red enamel laurel wreath

while the reverse depicts a two-masted sailing ship cutting through waves

with original neck ribbon

Footnote: Valentin Reichling was born on September 24

First Lieutenant Lawley remained at his post

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a white enameled(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and elongated vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from an