Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin United Republic of two piece construction - consisting

two piece construction - consisting of a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves

Period worn and used example

Second Class 1849-1859 - Franz Joseph I (1849-1916)

He arrived in France on 7th July 1915 and was wounded in the back by shrapnel at Ypres on 4th June 1916 and was a victim of a gas attack on 22nd September 1917

in generally very good/fine condition

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin United Republic of two piece construction - consisting(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x