Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude measuring 22 mm (w) x

measuring 22 mm (w) x 24

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

reverse presents vertical pinback

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

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

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude measuring 22 mm (w) x(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