Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze certificate_of_authenticity wire was a scarce commodity

wire was a scarce commodity

(AKA James Welch)

of numerous recognizable ships

5 mm (h) inclusive of its belt loop

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze certificate_of_authenticity wire was a scarce commodity(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 but with the characteristics of a design attributed to