Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Party Formations

Party Formations

retaining intact elasticized straps

The crowned lion device represented the authority of the Bulgarian monarchy and the heraldic symbol of the Bulgarian state

the lower platform houses a fork

The group includes many items from both his time in the RCAF and his subsequent service in the USAAF

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Variation 2, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Party Formations(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 Kriegsmarine 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 flattened and rounded catch,