Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By C.e. Juncker GTRexclude with brass fittings

with brass fittings

2 District Depot in Hamilton

ring suspension type

circumscribed by an inscription of “VIRIBUS UNITIS” (“WITH UNITED FORCES”)

the "800" silver content only used to manufacture Iron Crosses during the period 1917-1918

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By C.e. Juncker GTRexclude with brass fittings(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). 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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a silvered and finely detailed globe depicting the Northern Hemisphere, topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a low set rounded rivet securing the obverse globe in place, with a block