Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive with minor loss of finish

with minor loss of finish evident to high-contact points

maker marked RICHARD SIEPER & SÖHNE

in Woodstock

97mm (h – including suspension)

inscribed "Zweidornschnalle nach Borschrift der Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP" marked "B" and numbered "No 431898"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive with minor loss of finish(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, bearing a hand etched owners surname of BECKER, otherwise unmarked but