Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold crazing evident in the red

crazing evident in the red enamels on the reverse

with loss of all gilt with the exception of the pin

He was officially admitted to No

in uniform and with the Pour le Mérite and other decorations visible

one which the enemy had planted a battery to enfilade our lines

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold crazing evident in the red(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,