Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic bar at the bottom inscribed

bar at the bottom inscribed "KOBLENZ"

measuring 30 mm (w) x 155 mm (l)

a late war example in near extremely fine condition

measuring 60 mm (w) x 70 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic bar at the bottom inscribed(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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a