Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, With Stick Pin Miniature, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude (HJ Ärmelstreifen)

(HJ Ärmelstreifen)

The young Coningham was resilient enough and sufficiently motivated to win a scholarship to Wellington College

Portuguese coat-of-arms on the lid

This was chosen so that when wearing the black sash

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, With Stick Pin Miniature, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude (HJ Ärmelstreifen)(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). 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, around a central destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked