Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Wetzerich retired from active service

Wetzerich retired from active service

as evidenced by his recorded service number

to the abdomen on February 3rd 1915 and a S

George on its original ribboned five-sided suspension with pinback

A brief synopsis of the book's contents appears on the back cover: "Historians have always been intrigued by Riflemen and the special weapons that they carried

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Wetzerich retired from active service(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, surrounding a central Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44.