Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of suffering from exposure

suffering from exposure

Footnote: this was highest Military award of Imperial Austria

constructed of extremely fine quality flat and twisted silver aluminum wires spun around a thin white fabric core

adjustable with a magnetic metal buckle

the use of rouletting engraved in the same position

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of suffering from exposure(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). 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, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked