Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed measuring 46 mm (w) x

measuring 46 mm (w) x 13 mm each

Burma 1887-89

but lacking in strength

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed measuring 46 mm (w) x(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 Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44.