Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed Class on May 23rd

Class on May 23rd

Markneukirchen” and numbered “314498” on the reverse

interior lid marked Sousa

green and blue enamels and iron ring

this dagger features a 255 mm nickel-plated steel blade

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed Class on May 23rd(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