Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden issued by the Ministry of

issued by the Ministry of the Interior

(Verdienstkreuz in Gold)

affixed to a field-grey wool backer with all four attachment prongs intact

I walked a little way and I had a flashlight along with my camera in a pocket of my flying suit

one end featuring an integral oval disc retaining an aluminum insignia in the form of a pebbled shield bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden issued by the Ministry of(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