Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of It is dated to Kiel

It is dated to Kiel on December 20

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Consisting of a finely made Gold cross

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of It is dated to Kiel(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of a design attributed to