Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive 89 mm (h across sword)

89 mm (h across sword)

resting upon a bank of clouds

issued on 30 January 1944

encompassed by a gear inscribed with “N

A rounded case in a brown-black pebbled leather with an ace shaped latch on the lids

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive 89 mm (h across sword)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small