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DESTROYER WAR BADGE "SCHWERIN"
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Nice quality, die struck Tombak, solid back construction badge with gilted washed and nickel/silver plated finishes, attributed to the maker Schwerin of Berlin.
The badge is in the form of a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a small national eagle with down-swept wings superimposed to the top center, encompassing the forward profile view of a nickel/silver plated destroyer and waves. The reverse of the badge has a heavy, solid, soldered hinge, a broad tapering horizontal pin, a heavy soldered catch and a soldered retaining hook to the top all intact. Name of the make is raised in the back side.
Badge is an early production specimen, with its original finish almost completely present.
A top Schwerin badge.
Nice quality, die struck Tombak, solid back construction badge with gilted washed and nickel/silver plated finishes, attributed to the maker Schwerin of Berlin.
The badge is in the form of a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a small national eagle with down-swept wings superimposed to the top center, encompassing the forward profile view of a nickel/silver plated destroyer and waves. The reverse of the badge has a heavy, solid, soldered hinge, a broad tapering horizontal pin, a heavy soldered catch and a soldered retaining hook to the top all intact. Name of the make is raised in the back side.
Badge is an early production specimen, with its original finish almost completely present.
A top Schwerin badge.