Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive rim stamped with official Bavarian

rim stamped with official Bavarian State mint hallmark (BAYER

Austria: WWI War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

marked 987 for silver fineness and K on rim of the leaf segment at 11 o’clock

original ribbon with brooch pinback

Below these is a reproduced newspaper headshot photo of Lieutnant Essex in dress uniform

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive rim stamped with official Bavarian(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 depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a flattened rivet securing the globe in position, with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flat