Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction with 1960 clasp

with 1960 clasp

depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph

In 18 K Gold

5% gold purity on the bottom of the six o’clock arm

circular spike mounting base (with four capped brass pins)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction with 1960 clasp(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded zink and magnetic metal, 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 a central ferrous depiction of the Northern Hemisphere topped by a Viking longship, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the globe in place, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a non