Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Constructed of die stamped zink

Constructed of die stamped zink

Footnote: The 13th Hussars arrived in South Africa in December 1899 and took part in the Battle of Colenso during the Second Boer War

with a raised golden and crowned “W”

as evidenced by his recorded service number

He retired in 1923 and was promoted to Rear-Admiral in August 1926

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Constructed of die stamped zink(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.