Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Archive circumscribed “Dem Deutschen Soldaten ist

circumscribed “Dem Deutschen Soldaten ist nichts unmöglich” (Nothing is impossible for the German soldier)

Accompanied by a research paper (acknowledging his eligibility for the BWM and VM) and copies of a Charterhouse School Great War Dedication List and four pages from the London Gazette

and on the band below rests a first pattern silvered tombak jawless skull

473 (26/9/1942)

Type IV (silver

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Archive circumscribed “Dem Deutschen Soldaten ist(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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, reverse presents plain with a centre catch for stabilization, with a barrel hinge and horizontal tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Schwerin,