Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge Auction (Odre Royal du Lion)

(Odre Royal du Lion)

dated 21 December 1943

considerably smaller than standard Army buckles

He signed his Attestation Paper with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on May 13

with minor scuffing and discolouration

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge Auction (Odre Royal du Lion)(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, consisting 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, the reverse with a centre catch for stabilization and a barrel hinge with a banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 88 mm (w) x 53. 52mm