Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of missing its pinback and part

missing its pinback and part of the hinge

a third photo taken from the deck of the “Georg Thiele”

s only returned as late as 1955

The word above the date might be Abey

(EDWIN JOHN PETERSON) Naming is privately engraved

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of missing its pinback and part(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variation credited to Wilhelm Deumer,