Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction above a date of “1913”

above a date of “1913”

Fitzmaurice

before being discharged from hospital on December 4

Klasse des Badischen Kriegerbundes mit Jubiläumsschild 50)

silvered bronze and red enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction above a date of “1913”(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 a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 39 mm (w) x 55. 20 mm (h),