Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive During the latter

During the latter

ARTHUR UEBEL MARKNEUKIRCHEN 11023" with the company's insignia fronting the type

which he based on a popular ski outfit of the time and black was chosen as the colour

on loop for suspension (marked KO for Königliches Münzamt

S" (silver)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive During the latter(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 4 July 1940 by Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder. A Destroyer War Badge constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 round wire pin and ball