Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge United Republic of with elongated suspension ring

with elongated suspension ring

On both days the shell-fire was of a most severe nature and the work carried out by this man was an extreme ordeal

This publication is considered to be the definitive work written on the subject

including an 1882 Bavarian Numismatics Society meeting badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge United Republic of with elongated suspension ring(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 76 mm (w) x 55. 46 mm (h), weighing 27. 8