Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant certificate_of_authenticity tagline "William D

tagline "William D

maker marked on reverse "AS"

which was later commanded by his brother Lothar and his cousin Wolfram

the National Order for Civil Merit

The couple had two other children

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Unknown Maker Variant certificate_of_authenticity tagline "William D(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 depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but