Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive original ribbon with brooch pinback

original ribbon with brooch pinback

rim stamped with official Bavarian State mint hallmark (BAYER

1) Signed photograph of Rudolf Witzig (August 14

with small section of paper missing

not adherent

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive original ribbon with brooch pinback(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). 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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a flattened rivet securing the globe in position, with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flat