Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed measuring 46 mm (w) x

measuring 46 mm (w) x 13 mm each

but lacking in strength

featuring a crown suspension

with Hourie later being transferred to the 43rd Infantry Battalion "Cameron Highlanders of Canada"

A textbook nonmagnetic private purchase Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Wächtler & Lange

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Newly Listed measuring 46 mm (w) x(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 Viking longship sailing over the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44.