Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold white metal insignia and beaver

white metal insignia and beaver icon mounted to a bronze gilt base

overlaid by a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Military Writing

missing parts of the masts

Measuring approximately 35 cm across the waist

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Hold white metal insignia and beaver(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 central stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked