Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin visually-hidden Silver Grade (Leutnant Fritz Karch)

Silver Grade (Leutnant Fritz Karch)

rim impressed 137265 C

a Type II badge in very fine condition

3 grams grams inclusive of its ribbon and hanger

A set of four patriotic swastika pendants

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin visually-hidden Silver Grade (Leutnant Fritz Karch)(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