Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Hold gilt star mounted to a

gilt star mounted to a frosted silver base

1953 on the occasion of Karl Marx’s 135th birthday and on the recommendation of the GDR Council of Ministers

(10 Jähriger Todestag von Albert Leo Schlageter

(Air Gunner Ground Training School) at Trenton

but the cap is otherwise unblemished and presents in a near mint condition

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Hold gilt star mounted to a(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 tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer