Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge By Sohni, Heubach & Co. GTRexclude reverse inscribed "1944-1945 NORMANDY /

reverse inscribed "1944-1945 NORMANDY / MOUNT PINCON / CROSSING OF THE SEINE / BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP / THE ADVANCE TO ARNHEM / THE ARDENNES / THE REICHSWALD / CROSSING OF THE RHINE / FINAL ADVANCE INTO GERMANY" inside an open-ended wreath of olive leaves

37mm(w) x 22mm (h)

After two days in hospital

In mate silvered feinzink

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge By Sohni, Heubach & Co. GTRexclude reverse inscribed "1944-1945 NORMANDY /(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined at the top by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, depicting a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked S. H. u. Co. for Sohni, Heubach & Co., Idar Oberstein, measuring 44. 55 mm