Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive George's Anglican Cemetery

George's Anglican Cemetery

tarnish spots evident on the CVSM

suspended from its hanger in silver with light blue and white enamels)

12 mm (w) x 51

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive George's Anglican Cemetery(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06