Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic topped by a crown suspension

topped by a crown suspension with a ring

Wound - Black and Silver

reverse illustrating a branch of maple leaves with a ribbon tie at its base on the left and inscribed "PRESENTED TO W

Issued on 21 December 1938 and featuring a black-and-white photograph of the recipient

Straubing” in golden lettering

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic topped by a crown suspension(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse topped by a stabilizer, with a block hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a