Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed all within a wreath of

all within a wreath of thistles

The tunic measures approximately 464 mm aross the shoulder

the front of the walls similarly demonstrates the outline of an SS-style Totenkopf insignia which has also been removed from the cap

transferred from the 93rd Infantry Battalion to the 247th Infantry Battalion "Victoria and Haliburton Battalion/Die Hards"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed all within a wreath of(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a stylized 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 characteristics