Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Late-War Issue, By Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity set on a 60 mm-long

set on a 60 mm-long non magnetic metal core with a horizontal pinback

the Marine Corps Cap Badge with a screwback and support plate

while the cap measures approximately 274 mm x 172 mm

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 set on a 60 mm-long(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