Germany, Federal Republic. A Destroyer War Badge, 1957 Version Auction Archive A War Merit Cross 1st

A War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords by Juncker - In silvered tombac

signing his Attestation Paper in Halifax

USS De Haven was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath

inscribed with the key city’s names “Olympia

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Robert James McKay / Royal Canadian Air Force / Reserve - Special Section" at the lower left

Germany, Federal Republic. A Destroyer War Badge, 1957 Version Auction Archive A War Merit Cross 1st(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 68 mm (w) x 50. 98 mm (h), weighing 29. 1 grams, in extremely fine condition.