Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “STANDSCHÜTZENVERBAND 1944”

gunboat of 1

with the funeral service being held at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy on January 28th

a few during the civil war

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by an inscription of(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 an exploding sea mine, the revere with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of