Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive with a slotted leather tab

with a slotted leather tab affixed to the clip securing the buckle to the body of the belt

the edge marked with a silver content number of “1000” and “FEIN” indicting pure silver

436 Squadron was ordered to move its operations from Akyab Island in the Bay of Bengal down the coast to Ramree Island

surface contact on reverse

Completing the dagger is a rounded and nickel-plated pommel displaying a finely-detailed design in the form of double-sided gilt mobile swastikas within wreaths of oak leaves

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Schwerin Auction Archive with a slotted leather tab(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 Kriegsmarine destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked SCHWERIN,