Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn Archive When the German forces had

When the German forces had to fall back during the Russian offensives of 1944 Bruns and his troops retreated through the Balkans

the heads and skirts of the tassels in gold-coloured bullion

constructed of multi-coloured

for which the citation reads: “On 18 March 1945

from February 4 to April 21

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn Archive When the German forces had(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 4 July 1940 by Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder. A Destroyer War Badge constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 coke bottle shaped