Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed (Luftwaffe Feldwebel Winkel)

(Luftwaffe Feldwebel Winkel)

green and blue enamels and iron ring

which was in the 11th Submarine Flotilla

South African Engineering Corps until November 12

Markneukirchen” and numbered “314498” on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed (Luftwaffe Feldwebel Winkel)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06