Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive most of the silver finish

most of the silver finish has been lost and some flecking is visible to the enamels

clasp damaged

a crimped barrel hinge

reverse bears the inscription IV COMANDO MILITARE TERRITORIALE BOLZANO

the left corner has VIRIBUS UNITIS 9

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive most of the silver finish(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the