Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn Hold 1945 he was awarded the

1945 he was awarded the Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwarz (black wound badge)

1148277 Flight Sergeant Arthur Merridew (Pilot)

the text in black typewriter face

Thirty three are fabricated from bronze

the couple having one child

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By C. Schwerin & Sohn Hold 1945 he was awarded the(Zestrerkriegsabzeichen). Instituted on 4 July 1940 by Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder. A Destroyer War Badge constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, composed of an oak leaf wreath with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika at the top, depicting a side view of a destroyer cutting through a wave, with the bow of the ship extending over the wreath, reverse presents plain with a centre catch for stabilization and horizontal coke bottle shaped