Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Archive and it was only a

and it was only a question of whether these men would be uselessly sacrificed

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered black oval

original purple ribbon

and is stamped “Q64” for “Quist” and size “64”

Hythe on the post side

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Archive and it was only a(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded 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 an aluminum globe depicting the Northern Hemisphere, topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a low set flattened rivet securing the obverse globe in place, with a barrel hinge and banjo style