Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Hold A Knight in 18K Gold

A Knight in 18K Gold featuring a white enamelled Shamrock cross with green enamelled Maltese arms in each quadrant

Box and Award Document also near extremely fine

Instituted 5 December 1841 by Prince Konstantin Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Naming has been erased and re-engraved with "Dr R

MAI 1939”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Hold A Knight in 18K Gold(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