Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity with snakes wrapped around each

with snakes wrapped around each column and topped by German helmets

while the reverse has a depiction of a sailing ship cutting through waves

7 mm (h) and 18 mm (w) x 28

Footnote: WWI British Home Front On War Service Badges were issued by the government and private firms from December 1914 onwards

Commemorative Cross of the Fatherland Ladies Association of the Red Cross (AKA Fatherland Ladies Association for Providing Aid and Care to the Wounded in the War) 1866-1926: Blackened bronze with red enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity with snakes wrapped around each(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, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a single rivet securing the obverse applique in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a