Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive The front is completed by

The front is completed by a vertical row of eight silver gilt buttons on the right side

17th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

awarded to the sailor Johannes von See in Stade on 20 January 1936

1) The eagle constructed of silvered aluminum

General der Flieger Curt Pflugbeil

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Auction Archive The front is completed by(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, 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 horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a