Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze Auction Archive affixed to a silvered wings

affixed to a silvered wings base

It is further signed in pencil by a Stabsarzt (Staff Doctor) and Company Leader

1) The German Cross in Gold is a fine quality manufacture and extremely well preserved light version by a desirable maker

dated January 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze Auction Archive affixed to a silvered wings(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