Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Auction Archive Award document is scarce

Award document is scarce

Very rare in gold

along with his Memorial Cross were never issued

seeing front line action shortly thereafter at the Battle of Lorraine

Iron Crescent - In silvered bronze and red enamels

Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Auction Archive Award document is scarceA second war German Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde; oval in gilt and silvered tombac; the obverse with a laurel wreath border and with a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle clutching a swastika; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style pinback, barrel hinge, but missing its catch with period thin copper wires spun around the catch; an unmarked example; measuring 43. 58