Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed with McKinnon later joining the

with McKinnon later joining the 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" as a reinforcement in the French theatre

Browne saw service in the Second World War and was promoted to Major General in 1940

sold with complete file of service papers and records

85 mm x 47

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed with McKinnon later joining the(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). An ovular badge constructed of gilded zinc (15% gild remains), the obverse centre bears a cut out Viking style ship with a dragon head stempost, on board the ship is a soldier holding a spear in front of a row of shields, the ship is sailing on the northern end of the globe and the globe has longitude and latitude lines throughout and the embossed outlines of Great Britain, Western Europe and North Africa, this is