Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Hold 1943 to August 21

1943 to August 21

Hislop now in the rank of Corporal

He first served on the Cruiser “Karlsruhe”

and every day thereafter

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Hold 1943 to August 21(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer