Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: In the rank of

Footnote: In the rank of Boatswain with the ASW Trawler Class H

bearing a central white enameled disc

which presumably was Schmidt’s initial training unit

Tel-el Kebir

Förste was taken over into the Reichsmarine and promoted to Captain Lieutenant in January 1921

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Variation 1, by Schwerin Auction Archive Footnote: In the rank of(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 depiction of a Viking longship sailing across the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the globe in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and