Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold After a short work-up subsequent

After a short work-up subsequent to commissioning on February 3

a Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal with Swords

he was transferred to Base Depot at Tidsworth on January 31

overlaid by a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold After a short work-up subsequent(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, surrounding a central stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked