Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Newly Listed 1930 - Badge in silver

1930 - Badge in silver and enamels

and of being in an utterly dishonourable position

Any protection at all besides a cloth cap was seen as an improvement with many lives potentially being saved

with the left side bearing the remnants of an eagle insignia that has since been removed

During the remainder of 1940

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Newly Listed 1930 - Badge in silver(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of