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K008258 AUXILIARY CRUISER WAR BADGE. (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer)
BACKGROUND: The Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge was instituted on April 24TH 1941, by Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine und Großadmiral, (Commander in Chief of the Navy and Grand Admiral), Erich Raeder , for award to armed Merchant Marine personnel, to recognise their contribution in harassing and sinking Allied merchant ships. The Auxiliary Cruisers were secretly armed German merchant ships that sailed under the pretense of neutral ships, thereby taking the Allies by surprise. Of Note: Generally the early production Auxiliary Cruiser War Badges had the separate likeness of the globe attached by a single rivet, while later war production versions were manufactured as a single piece.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Early war production, two piece, die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with gilt wash and burnished silver washed finishes. The badge is in the form a gilt washed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted, swastika in its talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out, "Viking" style long boat with full sail, cruising on a separate likeness of a burnished silver washed, northern portion of the globe. The detailing includes the dragon figurehead and oval shields on the ship, longitude and latitude lines and the embossed outline of Great Britain, Western Europe and North Africa on the globe. The original gilt finish to the wreath, eagle and long boat are fully retained and quite clean and bright while the burnished silver wash to the globe is retained about 80%. The separate globe is attached to the badge by a single, small, dome headed rivet which is visible on the reverse. The reverse has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, tapering, vertical pin and a heavy, soldered, retaining catch all intact. Superb example!
GRADE ****1/4 PRICE $1,190.00
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