Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Josef Feix & Sons visually-hidden named to “SCHÜTZEN WILLI SCHMIDT”

named to “SCHÜTZEN WILLI SCHMIDT” of 4

Made of pressed steel

exposing the manufacturer's label glued to the reverse of the insignia

1941/42 East Medal (in zinc)

a large independent arch-like structure affixed that extends from the elbow to the area near the tip

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Josef Feix & Sons visually-hidden named to “SCHÜTZEN WILLI SCHMIDT”(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted June 4th, 1940. (mid to late war manufacture). A textbook example by this maker, constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge, straight horizontal