Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction with slotted white wool bed

with slotted white wool bed medal

constructed of black-painted steel

studio marked "K

and golden twisted threads wound through the badge

1917 and mentioned in the London Gazette 6803 on July 7

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction with slotted white wool bed(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of