Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of which is also magnetic

which is also magnetic

Consisting of a finely made Gold cross

small piece missing in one corner of the wool base at the right but does not affect the insignia

Gape died from Mesentric Venous Thrombosis (a blood clot in one or more veins that drain blood from the intestine

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of which is also magnetic(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