Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Newly Listed surface wear and private repair

surface wear and private repair evident in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece

This dagger grades at better than very fine

and three wartime photos

Footnote: The Order of Leopold I was instituted on July 11

1925) was a United States Mint engraver who is famous for designing many popular coins

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Newly Listed surface wear and private repair(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). 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 depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the globe in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and