Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A silver cross pattée with

A silver cross pattée with a central enamelled medallion

his future bride

Coningham was promoted to Air Marshal and directed tactical air force operations in the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy as commander of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force

both maker marked “S & M” and bearing an inscription of “26

measuring 55 mm (w) x 96 mm (h - inclusive of laurel suspension as well as integral ring)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Sohni, Heubach & Co. Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A silver cross pattée with(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 depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked with the logo of Sohni,