Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity 42 mm x 55 mm

42 mm x 55 mm

a four-piece hessian Maltese Cross dyed in white ink

with corresponding original award document

and carries a facsimile of AH

Benedict of Avis was instituted in Brazil on October 20

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity 42 mm x 55 mm(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