Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Republic of ""1076"" and the year of

""1076"" and the year of the establishment of the NDH

the helmet plate is in gilt featuring the Crowned Royal Arms of Bavaria supported by two crowned lions rampant regardant with forked tails

pages printed in black ink

meeting four machine-stitched darts on the right flap

" on the page facing the Abbreviations page

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Republic of ""1076"" and the year of(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small