US$ 28.80
measuring 155 mm in length
holes or mothing
the right part detached completely and broken up into two separate pieces
The underside of the sweatband reveals an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “4” and a secondary code of “402197”
the upper of the crossguard with an ornately engraved leafing pattern within a rope-style border
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive measuring 155 mm in length(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of