Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Newly Listed topped by a date of

topped by a date of “1940”

when the effort began to scale down

suspended from a 33 mm (w) x 15 mm (w) hanger in bronze gilt with light blue and white enamels with pinback)

Footnote:Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken was born on June 25

featuring the second pattern emblem centred on a circular pebbled field

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Newly Listed topped by a date of(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a