Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity German Red Cross DRK Hewer

German Red Cross DRK Hewer - Measuring 415 mm with the scabbard on

the Marine Corps Cap Badge with a screwback and support plate

Virginia Newbold Tracy of Chicago

BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity German Red Cross DRK Hewer(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x