Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden or for meritorious civil or

or for meritorious civil or military service

A Kriegsmarine Zerstörer (Destroyer) Theodor Riedel blue sailor’s cap

was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad

HAMBURG + ALTONA”

the reverse medallion is engraved 1946

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden or for meritorious civil or(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and overhanging catch, unmarked but demonstrating the