Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed In bronze gilt with green

In bronze gilt with green enamels

66 mm x 92 mm

residue in the recessed ares from cleaning

in pressed paper with a machine embroidered obverse

the pinback featuring a double maker’s mark consisting of the Präsidialkanzlei and LDO codes of Steinhauer & Lück

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed In bronze gilt with green(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, surrounding a stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker