Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: WWI British Home Front

Footnote: WWI British Home Front On War Service Badges were issued by the government and private firms from December 1914 onwards

not overly tight

7 mm (h) and 18 mm (w) x 28

while the reverse has a depiction of a sailing ship cutting through waves

Buseh" inscribed in hand written black ink on the underside of the belt behind the tab

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: WWI British Home Front(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, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a single rivet securing the obverse applique in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a