Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin Auction The front is completed by

The front is completed by four large brass-coloured buttons on the right side

set on a 75 mm-long zink bar with a field-grey wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

the reverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of OPES REGUM CODA SUBDITO

1939 miniature banner badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin Auction The front is completed by(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked