Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold and a code of “

and a code of “ RZM 36/38 ” for Overhoff & Cie

overlaid by a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Military Writing

he was transferred to Base Depot at Tidsworth on January 31

After a short work-up subsequent to commissioning on February 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold and a code of “(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked