Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China from a fragment of shrapnel

from a fragment of shrapnel

Footnote: John B

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33 mm x 97 mm)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China from a fragment of shrapnel(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, bearing a hand etched owners surname of BECKER, otherwise unmarked but