Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge Auction bearing a raised hand-painted eagle

bearing a raised hand-painted eagle clutching a green enameled laurel crown

obverse center featuring a superimposed Mariana’s portrait in Gold

running along the crown of the cap as well as the top and bottom edges of the cap band

or 20 years of excellent private-sector service

a brass Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal cap badge on the left side held in place by intact lugs and pin

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge Auction bearing a raised hand-painted eagle(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a swastika, around a detailed map of the Northern Hemisphere, topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO