Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude this time to the 38th

this time to the 38th Battalion in the French theatre on August 20th

" at the right and engraver marked "R

the finished cross bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika

Inset into the obverse of the handle is an enameled HJ insignia

measuring 22 mm (w) x 24

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude this time to the 38th(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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a