Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive measuring 400 mm in length

measuring 400 mm in length x 47 in diameter

any movement above ground was next to impossible

constructed of cardboard-reinforced dark green wool and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

pinned with a zink rank pip

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive measuring 400 mm in length(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 39 mm (w) x 55. 20 mm (h),