Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer Badge Newly Listed size marked "8 7/8"

size marked "8 7/8"

Footnote: Edmund Montgomery Harris Vieth was with the Halifax Volunteer Battalion

arriving in Halifax on the 25th

and Trooping the Colour in Celebration of the Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Programme (dated Saturday

the reverse with a central Spanish national eagle clutching a coat of arms and flanked by a Falange symbol

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer Badge Newly Listed size marked "8 7/8"(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). An oval badge constructed gilded and silvered zink, composed of an oak leaf wreath with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika (swastika now filed off) 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 banjo style pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 60 mm (w) x 53. 51