Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 mm x 54 mm

5 mm x 54 mm inclusive of the crown suspension

the two arms surmounted by the eight-rayed Philippine sun

circumscribed “Gott war mit uns

on January 12

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 mm x 54 mm(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an elongated