Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker GTRexclude labeled “Collar tab for Forstlehring/Forstschüler”

labeled “Collar tab for Forstlehring/Forstschüler”

measuring 70 mm (w) x 98 mm (h)

46mm (suspension 16x20mm)

surface wear evident on the pear tree insignia on the centrepiece

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker GTRexclude labeled “Collar tab for Forstlehring/Forstschüler”(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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the