Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a third photo taken from

a third photo taken from the deck of the “Georg Thiele”

(EDWIN JOHN PETERSON) Naming is privately engraved

the dagger and scabbard themselves with very light contact

the slider at the buckle end with a brown wool and cotton flap stitched in place on the reverse

The word above the date might be Abey

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a third photo taken from(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variation credited to Wilhelm Deumer,