Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Archive Since the end of June

Since the end of June

maker marked “PETZ U

One of Hitler's favourite generals

marked “J

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Archive Since the end of June(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and patinated 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, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,