Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Newly Listed Pendleton Field

Pendleton Field

A “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen”

The badge issued to you is in recognition of your services during the Civil War

mounter's label on the reverse

and in the Saar area in late 1939

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Newly Listed Pendleton Field(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Of multi piece construction oval gilded tombac with a silvered tombac globe; the obverse with a Viking longship sailing over the northern hemisphere of the globe, with an oval border of oak leaves, and a national eagle at the top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika; the reverse plain with a vertical banjo pin, barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 56. 78 mm (h); weighing 39. 6