Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Buy Now accompanied by its original envelope

accompanied by its original envelope of issue

stating that on June 21st

2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Reed

with period original sash

Markneukirchen I

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Buy Now accompanied by its original envelope(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm