Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Hold one of only 744 Canadians

one of only 744 Canadians to receive the order

but non-matching (nearly identical) Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Troops) Enlisted Man’s slip-on style shoulder boards

suspended by an Imperial orchid crest with yellow enameled petals

A good group to a Gebirgsjäger who advanced from Feldwebel to Hauptmann

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin Hold one of only 744 Canadians(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 German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the left edge of the wreath, the reverse topped by a stabilizer, with a block hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat