Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Archive the Prussian War Merit Medal

the Prussian War Merit Medal 1870-1871

measuring 192 mm (l) x 108 mm (h)

with the latter featuring a downward-pointing hook for the accommodation of a frog

recessed medal bed in off-white felt

during the retreating fights in the Po low-lands

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Archive the Prussian War Merit Medal(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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and overhanging catch, unmarked but demonstrating the