Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach und Co. Auction and alighted face downwards with

and alighted face downwards with (his) left arm flexed over the chest

1917 at Hamilton

13 mm x 23

silver housing with a cracked glass covering

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “WILH

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach und Co. Auction and alighted face downwards with(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, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked with the logo of Sohni, Heubach und Co, Oberstein, measuring 44. 35 mm