Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive French manufacture (Eagle’s head gold

French manufacture (Eagle’s head gold hallmark stamped on the ring)

QC) Bronze gilt

he led component parts of his group in an outstanding attack against an enemy convoy in the vicinity of the Marianas Islands

and in the meantime

In stamped steel painted black

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive French manufacture (Eagle’s head gold(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). In gilded and patinated feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle, with a central destroyer cutting through waves, its bow extending beyond the wreath, the reverse with a horizontal barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Josef Feix & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 45. 24 mm (w) x 54. 15 mm (h), weighing 24. 4 grams, in