Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity with some of the original

with some of the original paper backing preserved

on the authority of the Deputy Director of Medical Services

"Ab initio" the Order was to be a society ofveteran officer participants in the Indian Wars and their male descendants

featuring a handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral Günther Krause

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity with some of the original(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, topped by