Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude the finished cross bearing a

the finished cross bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika

measuring 22 mm (w) x 24

this time to the 38th Battalion in the French theatre on August 20th

139 mm x 179 mm)

opening to reveal ribbed black rayon liners through both the lid and bottom

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude the finished cross bearing a(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a