Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge By Foerster & Barth GTRexclude likely from previous mounting

likely from previous mounting

England aboard S

1944 upon leaving this unit

A 1916 Kreis Eichsfeld Tag der NSDAP in Heiligenstadt badge (8-9

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge By Foerster & Barth GTRexclude likely from previous mounting(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of silvered zink, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly spaced