Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of Territorial Force

Territorial Force

granting the military status of Retirement with Merit to Guadalupe Leon

Alexander’s father had abdicated in favour of his son in 1889

36 mm (w) x 34

by Roy Dutton)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of Territorial Force(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink with aluminum, 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 the Northern Hemisphere topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse globe in place, the reverse with a barrel hinge