Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive blackened and silvered iron

blackened and silvered iron

measuring 67 mm (w) x 25 mm (h) x 114 mm (l)

This is supplemented by 12 postwar images showing the owner at a meeting of veterans with other Luftwaffe veterans

exhibiting edge nicks and spotting

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive blackened and silvered iron(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 block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,