Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Archive maker marked "PREUSS

maker marked "PREUSS

with light rips on the obverse of the paper packet

mounted to five-sided aluminum suspensions with pinbacks

In used condition

It was later moved to the eastern campaign and was completely destroyed in August 1944 in the Ukraine

Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Archive maker marked "PREUSSA 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