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1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen

Article about: Here is a recent addition to my (still) very small family of Kriegsmarine badges, a 1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen [Destroyer War Badge]. Instituted on 4 June 1940, the Zerstörer-Kriegsabz

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    Here is a recent addition to my (still) very small family of Kriegsmarine badges, a 1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen [Destroyer War Badge].

    Instituted on 4 June 1940, the Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen was awarded to crews of destroyers who had proven themselves in wartime operations. On 22 October 1940, torpedo boat crews also became eligible for this badge.

    To qualify for the badge, a seaman had to have taken part in a specified number of missions (either 3 battles or 3 offensive/6 defensive mine-planting operations or 6 succesful war patrols or 6 long-distance escort missions or a combined total of 12 other operations) or particularly distinguished himself in action or participated in an outstanding operation as determined by the fleet commander or commanding admiral.
    (The badge could be awarded without fulfilling one of these requirements to survivors of a vessel that was sunk by the enemy and in special cases to sailors who were wounded in action. Furthermore, all crew members of the destroyers that had taken part in the Narvik operation were automatically eligible for the badge without fulfilling any additional requirements.)

    Here's the badge now; It's a nice very early piece in worn condition.


    Obverse and reverse views:

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen


    Additional reverse view showing the hardware with the solid hingeblock and the round pin. The catch is a bit bent:

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen


    As always, all comments are welcome.

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    The first 57 Kriegsmarine award I've seen. Very nice!
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    very nice award HPL.

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    Seeing yours, I now regret selling mine last week. Fantastic new acquisition, well done Andreas!

    I've got a few more badges that can go should you be interested......
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    Here is a nice companion piece to it: Modelled on the Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen, this is the day badge from the 4th veterans' reunion of former crew members of the destroyer Z31. (The Z31 was completed in 1942, survived the war and was passed on to the French Navy, where she remained in service as the Marceau until she was decommissioned in 1958 and finally scrapped in 1960.)


    Obverse and reverse views of the badge. Note that it is actually modelled on the wartime badge with the national eagle (although minus the Swastika, obviously). The meeting was held at Sonthofen in the Allgäu (far away from the sea), hence the ribbon is in the white-and-blue lozenge pattern of the Bavarian state flag:

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen 1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen


    As tinnies go, this is a really robust one. It's the size of the regular war badge and made of solid metal:

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen
    Last edited by HPL2008; 05-19-2017 at 06:55 AM.

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    I now got myself two civilian stickpin miniatures of the badge as well. They are 15 and 8 millimetres tall, respectively.

    Obverse and reverse views and an additional scale reference shot:

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen 1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen

    1957er Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen

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