Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Exceptionally Rare Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Japanese Manufacture GTRexclude reverse presenting the maker’s cartouche

reverse presenting the maker’s cartouche E

published simultaneously in Canada

the reverse retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with an illegible maker’s code and secondary code of “258031”

The closure is a hinged

2nd Class with Swords (bronze gilt on tombac

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Exceptionally Rare Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Japanese Manufacture GTRexclude reverse presenting the maker’s cartouche(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of partially gilded silver, 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, the reverse with a block hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a mark of STERLING indicating 925 silver