Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold crazing evident in the red

crazing evident in the red enamels on the reverse

measures 150mm (w) x 125mm (l) x 22mm (d)

stating "had my Son's Grave not been visited

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Sash Badge: Multi-piece construction

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold crazing evident in the red(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,