Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed with loss of finish throughout

with loss of finish throughout the decoration

suspended from a bronze gilt hanger with pinback

Group Two: Defence Medal

and 140 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

with the crowned cipher of Wilhlem on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed with loss of finish throughout(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 revere with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of