Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Auction Humberside Collegiate (1932-1933) and Pickering

Humberside Collegiate (1932-1933) and Pickering College (1933-1934)

with first war "1332" (1914) clasp in silver affixed to its original ribbon

The Nazis seized the rest of Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1939 and in September 1939

33 mm wide x 440 mm in length

earning the infamous moniker of the “Red Baron” due to his colourful aircraft

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Auction Humberside Collegiate (1932-1933) and Pickering(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, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked