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

residue in the recessed ares from cleaning

bearing a full maker’s mark of “P

and is commemorated on page 381 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

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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