Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive (Schutztruppe Mützenabzeichen)

(Schutztruppe Mützenabzeichen)

the reverse with a gold sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash

gilt well intact

Production of these awards ceased in 1986

with Gold balls and center of the Badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive (Schutztruppe Mützenabzeichen)(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, topped by