Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, by C.E. Juncker

Item #G53442

$696
(Kriegsabzeichen für 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, around a central depiction of the Northern Hemisphere topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse globe in place, with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing a hand-etched and partially legible owner’s name and possible unit attribution, otherwise unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by C.E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 43.96 mm (w) x 56.78 mm (h), weighing 33.6 grams, in extremely fine condition.