Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction scratching of the enameled handle

scratching of the enameled handle insignia

A Wehrmacht Ärmelschild Kuban

demonstrating evidence of postwar assembly and replacement

1898 in Edinburgh

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction scratching of the enameled handle(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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the