Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive First performances at La Scala

First performances at La Scala in Verdi’s Aida and The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in Les Troyens by Berlioz would follow in 1972

in original fitted case of issue

arched hole on top exposing the underlying burlap support

in Sealand

the reverse centrepiece inscribed in Russian with the institution date "22 СЕНТЯБРЬ 1782" (September 22

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive First performances at La Scala(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer mit Etui). 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, surrounding a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing across the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the