Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Archive with the latter featuring a

with the latter featuring a downward-pointing hook for the accommodation of a frog

during the retreating fights in the Po low-lands

maker marked with the stylized logo of “Metall und Kunstoff” on the reverse

"courageous defence of the state borders"

in a protective plastic case)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Archive with the latter featuring a(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and overhanging catch, unmarked but demonstrating the