Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge United Republic of Wood was posted to the

Wood was posted to the 15th Reserve Battalion on February 25

The blackened wooden handle sites flush with the upper crossguard

maker marked "Fec

and External Theatre of Operations Cross (bronze

Royal Dragoon Guards Collar Badge c

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge United Republic of Wood was posted to the(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, measuring 44. 76 mm (w) x 55. 46 mm (h), weighing 27. 8