Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive 89 mm (h across sword)

89 mm (h across sword)

in Godet marked case of issue inner lid padding loose

Major Corrie served in the Aden Field Force from July 3

issued on 30 January 1944

(Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel für Unterscharführer der Panzertruppe)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive 89 mm (h across sword)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small