Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive one Expert)

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reverse with pin assembly and maker’s cartouche Johann Schwerdtner Wien

overall very fine plus condition

Constructed of black and white machine embroidery in the shape of a vertical sword on a black/white outlined shield

Signaller (S) Wing (light blue and white embroidery

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive one Expert)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of