Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Förster & Barth Auction Archive 14 mm (w) x 18

14 mm (w) x 18

For his leadership role

the obverse presents the intertwined and crowned letters FAR (Friedrich August Rex)

with a sleeve length of 60

noting that the documentwas edited by Heinz Schladitz of Leipzig and printed by R

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Förster & Barth Auction Archive 14 mm (w) x 18(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Viking longship sailing over a depiction of the North Atlantic and Northern Europe, the reverse with a central rivet securing the obverse globe in place, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat