Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude opening to reveal ribbed black

opening to reveal ribbed black rayon liners through both the lid and bottom

Sarah Anne Yabsley and Lillian Blanche Yabsley

on a loop for suspension (marked but illegible)

measuring 22 mm (w) x 24

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude opening to reveal ribbed black(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a