Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive with two gold stars set

with two gold stars set into the patterns to denote rank

his last training stop before overseas service

overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II

which ushered in a brief period of peace and friendship between Austria and the French Empire

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER DER STADT STUTTGART - ORTSGRUPPE STUTTGART DES DLV” (“THE LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUTTGART - ORTSGRUPPE STUTTGART OF THE DLV”)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive with two gold stars set(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, topped by