Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Refurbished Example, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden Canadian Forces Hospitality and Information

Canadian Forces Hospitality and Information Bureau

For over a century after the European landing at Cape Town in the seventeenth century

Muscat (Oman)

in support of the landings at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles

In the early hours of July 7th

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, Refurbished Example, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden Canadian Forces Hospitality and Information(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central silvered depiction of the Northern Hemisphere topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the globe in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,