An original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example.
An original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example.
Reverse image of an original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example.
Reverse image of an original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example.
Reverse image of an original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example.

Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck

An original Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Steinhauer & Luck (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer), constructed in zinc late war example. The obverse of the badge features an oval oak leaf wreath, surmounted by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere. The reverse is unmarked but attributed to Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid complete with a block-style hinge, vertical banjo pin, complete with a flat wire catch on round plate soldered to the decoration. The badge has no damage or repairs

 

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Auxiliary Cruiser Badge

The Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge (Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer) was a WW2 German decoration awarded to officers and men of the Kriegsmarine for service on Auxilary Cruisers or supply ships.  The award was instituted on 24.4.1941 by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder.

Designed by Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus in Berlin, the award featured a Viking longship sailing over the northern hemisphere of the globe surrounded by a laurel wreath of oak leaves.  At the apex of the badge was a German Eagle clutching a swastika.  The wreath, eagle, and ship were in gilt and the globe area gray coloured. Versions were produced in bronze and later in zinc.

A special presentation version, featuring 15 small diamonds inlaid on the swastika, was presented in January 1942 by Grand Admiral Raeder to Kapitän zur See Bernhard Rogge, commander of the successful German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis.

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