Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin visually-hidden a Type II badge in

a Type II badge in very fine condition

He went through 1917 without event

Silver Grade (Leutnant Fritz Karch)

on a loop for suspension from period original bow-tie ribbon on horizontal pinback

rim impressed 137265 C

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin visually-hidden a Type II badge in(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 depiction of a Viking longship sailing across the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the globe in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and