Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Hold (Grossherzogtum Oldenburg

(Grossherzogtum Oldenburg

illustrating the interlocking monogram letters "CA" (Charles Albert) on the obverse centrepiece

Following military service late in the First World War

1953 on the occasion of Karl Marx’s 135th birthday and on the recommendation of the GDR Council of Ministers

gilt star mounted to a frosted silver base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, Refurbished Example Hold (Grossherzogtum Oldenburg(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). 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 destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer