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

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

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

It is maker marked with the Gebruder Christians (Christianswerk) Solingen-Nord insignia on the reverse ricasso

Instead of answering fire with fire

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