German Kriegsmarine EM/NCO “Donald Duck” Cap Eagle Badge

Gilt die-stamped Tombac eagle with pin, 50mm wing tip to wing tip; unmarked; in very nice condition.

The Kriegsmarine (German lit. ’War Navy’) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe, of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.