Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden 49 mm x 94 mm

49 mm x 94 mm

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the images documenting an extensive career beginning with mandatory RAD service

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “BOIS DURCI”

bearing a partially-legible maker’s mark on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden 49 mm x 94 mm(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 stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker