Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive A third reich period 1944

A third reich period 1944 Tirol Shooting competition marksmanship award and miniature badge

with touches of black threading in the crown

Special Forces

which also became their home

47mm x 32mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive A third reich period 1944(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of