Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Förster & Barth Hold when all departments in the

when all departments in the Montreal hospitals were depleted

non-magnetic metal hilt with a hooked quillon

5 mm (w) x 158 mm (h) x 39 mm (d)

likely Austrian

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Förster & Barth Hold when all departments in the(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Viking longship sailing over a depiction of the North Atlantic and Northern Europe, the reverse with a central rivet securing the obverse globe in place, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat