Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed with the crowned cipher of

with the crowned cipher of Wilhlem on the reverse

obverse illustrating the right-facing bust of Lorenz Lindelöf

5 mm (w) x 10 mm (h) ribbon bar with one bronze star)

suspended from a bronze gilt hanger with pinback

Group Two: Defence Medal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed with the crowned cipher of(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, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the revere with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of