Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction situated within a golden-yellow border

situated within a golden-yellow border

and June 1915

the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by an NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Graham was later to see an appointment to Acting Corporal on August 8

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction situated within a golden-yellow border(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and overhanging catch, unmarked but demonstrating the