Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold 1 Clasp - DEUTSCHE-OSTAFRIKA 1894

1 Clasp - DEUTSCHE-OSTAFRIKA 1894

obverse illustrating a soldier standing in front of a wall and blowing a trumpet

surface rust on the die-cut steel panel

Overseas Buffaloes Association Badge (in bronze gilt with green

” maker mark “VM” for Vincent Mayer’s Söhne of Vienna

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold 1 Clasp - DEUTSCHE-OSTAFRIKA 1894(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,