Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction and measures 10 cm (w)

and measures 10 cm (w) x 20 cm (h)

losing 948 men killed in action across all three services during the Second World War

clasp on its original ribbon

1916 in Lentz) was the first German World War I flying ace

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction and measures 10 cm (w)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,