Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold and with circular leaf medallions

and with circular leaf medallions affixed to each corner

subsequently repaired and returned to service

Helleu was recalled to France soon after

McKinney arrived in France on September 3

The citation

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold and with circular leaf medallions(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 Kriegsmarine destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but