Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of ” measuring 47 mm (w)

” measuring 47 mm (w) x 70 mm (h)

family history

suffering from exposure

due to hardening of the lens of the eye causing the eye to focus light behind

Footnote: this was highest Military award of Imperial Austria

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of ” measuring 47 mm (w)(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 an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked