Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with a separate roundel

with a separate roundel

maker marked "100" (Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

two suspension loops on the reverse

Iron-Magnetic center

Accompanied by three Ribbon Bars: First Bar: Presidential Unit Citation with two bronze stars and Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with four bronze stars

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with a separate roundel(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly