An Early Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge Auction Archive and Memorial Plaque (EDMUND HEWSON

and Memorial Plaque (EDMUND HEWSON McNAUGHTON) in Envelope and Cardboard Package of Issue

rated by the Allies as one of the best in the German army

later to become a Fireman 1st Class

The unit moved to France on October 8

An Early Manufacture Kriegsmarine Destroyer War Badge Auction Archive and Memorial Plaque (EDMUND HEWSONAn early example of a Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen; gilded and silvered tombac oval wreath of laurel leaves with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika (note that the swastika is denazified), and a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath; plain reverse, with a center catch for stabilization the horizontal pinback missing; unmarked; measuring 53. 37 mm x 45. 56 mm;