Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed acorn-style knot

acorn-style knot

A textbook nonmagnetic private purchase Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Wächtler & Lange

measuring 46 mm (w) x 13 mm each

but lacking in strength

A commemorative farewell presented to a resigning Wehrmacht Senior Administrative Official of a Wachstab (Guard Detachment)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed acorn-style knot(Kriegsabzeichen fr 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, surrounding a central Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44.