Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Josef Feix & Sons visually-hidden 1941/42 East Medal (in zinc)

1941/42 East Medal (in zinc)

1933 (London Gazette 46443

Made of pressed steel

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

all opening with a horizontal flap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting a pebbled zink button

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Josef Feix & Sons visually-hidden 1941/42 East Medal (in zinc)(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