Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold In black wool

In black wool

and appealing patina

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Meredith Kittson

measuring approximately 43 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussia County Coin) and marked "SILBER 900 FEIN" (900 fine silver) on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold In black wool(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a gilded, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly spaced