Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden

(Bayerische Militärverdienstorden

the obverse presenting the left facing bust of King Edward

the arms with red enamel bordered by gilt and black enameled bands

with green lacquer

maker marke “W

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden(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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,