Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold he followed his graduation from

he followed his graduation from Observers School by attending a twenty day internship at the Air Shooting School at Tours

then the 2nd Company of Grenadier Regiment 332

replaced with the impressed name "24664 A

the knot with a grey wool backer

Bronze Prussian eagle insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold he followed his graduation from(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