Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive scabbard is the hammered variety

scabbard is the hammered variety

visible is an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class ribbon bar on his left breast

featuring a handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral Siegfried Maßmann

in addition to some of the pages exhibit soiling

German Cross in” Gold” by Deschler & Sohn

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive scabbard is the hammered variety(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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 40 mm (w) x 54. 70 mm (h),