Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Kragenspiegel für Major der

(Luftwaffe Kragenspiegel für Major der Artillerie/Flaktruppe)

Footnote: The standard Panzer badges (Panzerkampfabzeichen) was instituted on December 20

as it was not a major center of war production

Very scarce award to a Canadian airman

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Kragenspiegel für Major der(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variation credited to Wilhelm Deumer,