Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed and periodic assessments are made

and periodic assessments are made of the overall strategic situation in each theatre of war

when a direct hit from a Russian flak shell forced the crew of a 1G+BM to jump from a burning plane with parachutes to an unknown future

he was struck off strength of the 147th Infantry Battalion to the 8th Reserve Battalion on January 1

66 mm x 92 mm

residue in the recessed ares from cleaning

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Newly Listed and periodic assessments are made(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 stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker