Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussia County Coin) and

STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussia County Coin) and marked "SILBER 900 FEIN" (900 fine silver) on the reverse

In bronze gilt with pleasing white

and appealing patina

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Meredith Kittson

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussia County Coin) and(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a gilded, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly spaced