Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval visually-hidden the gallery is marked “800”

the gallery is marked “800”

the Marquess of Lansdowne

type II as defined by the lack of inscriptions on the arms

weighing 10

47 mm x 98 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval visually-hidden the gallery is marked “800”(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna,