Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück

(Kriegsabzeichen für 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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the northern hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of type credited Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid as shown on pages 516-5517 of “The Kriegsmarine Awards: Volume I”, by Sascha Weber and Gerhard R. Skora (2011), the badge has lost all of its gilt finish as well as its globe fixture with consequent exposure of the rivet hole, in fair condition.