Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive remaining bright and crisp

remaining bright and crisp

measuring 155 mm in length

marked 88 on ring

which may have crowns

the right part detached completely and broken up into two separate pieces

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive remaining bright and crisp(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