Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 29

80 mm (w) x 29

along with information of awardings and diversity of the decorations"

the lid bearing a gilt double-headed Imperial eagle

while the waistband has dual sets of three reinforced eyelets for the accommodation of a belt hanger

He was married to Dorothy Knapp McLarty and they had two children together (both boys)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 29(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 depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, with