Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin United Republic of A colour picture postcard presenting

A colour picture postcard presenting a painting of a Torpedo DIvision

Instituted September 3

eventually establishing a dictatorship

Frederic August Cross 1914 - First Class

measuring 65 mm (w) x 72 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin United Republic of A colour picture postcard presenting(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