Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude presenting wearing surfaces

presenting wearing surfaces

the cockade constructed of black

one with a partial maker mark

but many have been reproduced in colour

the Great Silver Star

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin GTRexclude presenting wearing surfaces(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked