Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold and a flat wire catch

and a flat wire catch

if not the single most important factor

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon

Major General Waber

ornate oak leaves and acorns pattern on both belt loops

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold and a flat wire catch(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 4 July 1940 by Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder. A Destroyer War Badge constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 round wire pin and ball