Germany, Third Reich. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Disputed Maker Lind & Meyrer, c. 1944 Hold 26 mm (w) x 24

26 mm (w) x 24

the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten inscription

marked "7 R

such as “bot­tle men” and “skid row” can­di­dates infil­trated the ranks

measuring 30 mm (w) x 49 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Disputed Maker Lind & Meyrer, c. 1944 Hold 26 mm (w) x 24(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by a stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a crimped sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire pin, with a crimped rightward opening