Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity one depicting an unidentified coastal

one depicting an unidentified coastal area

Award document (30th January 1942 (Wien)

measuring 64 mm (w) x 72 mm (h)

both lugs pinched but intact

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity one depicting an unidentified coastal(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,