Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker certificate_of_authenticity (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Telegramm

(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Telegramm mit Foto)

200 X 335” and a maker’s mark of “WFT”

as well as Rommel’s facsimile

all set just above an additional dark navy blue rayon tresse bearing floral designs executed in silver aluminum wire with details highlighted in gold bullion wire threading

a field photograph of Waffen-SS personnel wearing camouflage smocks

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker certificate_of_authenticity (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Telegramm(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an