Germany. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Original ribbons

Original ribbons

CVSM is reverse mounted

Very fine and uncommon in that form

Issued 1892

Germany. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Original ribbons(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded tombac; consisting of an oval wreath of laurel leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika, and a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath; plain reverse, with a center catch for stabilization and a horizontal slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch; unmarked, but