Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold 17 mm (w) x 21

17 mm (w) x 21

mounted to a silver frame

1 on February 20

clasp inscribed "ACTIVE SERVICE WAR WITH SPAIN" affixed to its original ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold 17 mm (w) x 21(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06