Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China Kiautschou”

Kiautschou”

and of extreme rarity

230 mm x 275 mm x 135 mm in height

This trademark is rarely seen and is desirable among collectors

the regiment made one of the last recorded charges by a British horsed cavalry regiment

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China Kiautschou”(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, bearing a hand etched owners surname of BECKER, otherwise unmarked but