Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge United Republic of with red ball of wool

with red ball of wool within the crown

but after the Armistice

Private Brown was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

An Iron Cross First Class

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser Badge United Republic of with red ball of wool(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Of multi piece construction oval gilded tombac with a silvered tombac globe; the obverse with a Viking longship sailing over the northern hemisphere of the globe, with an oval border of oak leaves, and a national eagle at the top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika; the reverse plain with a vertical banjo pin, barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 56. 78 mm (h); weighing 39. 6