Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant IV, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac APRIL 1928

APRIL 1928

(Schützen-Verband Abzeichen)

(21° Divisione fanteria "Granatieri di Sardegna") In die-stamped bronze gilt with black enamels

with hostilities having ceased the following year

with an eagle clutching lightning bolts in the centre

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant IV, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac APRIL 1928(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant IV mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge on top of a small plate, a horizontal banjo style pinback, and