Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive maker marked "100" (Rudolf Wächtler

maker marked "100" (Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

A Pfalzer Schwetzingen Jugendtreffen badge

two suspension loops on the reverse

37 mm x 115 mm each

blue cotton mesh backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive maker marked "100" (Rudolf Wächtler(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly