Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Lieutenant General Karl Angerstein (1890–1985)

Lieutenant General Karl Angerstein (1890–1985)

measuring 136 mm (w) x 84 mm (h)

now riveted to an ornamental scalloped base for display on a desk or other flat surface

“Flight Clasps of the Luftwaffe”)

moderate scratching and material fatigue is evident throughout the exterior liner and the cover and the cover border is missing its gilt finish indicating a possible unfinished and unissued example

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Lieutenant General Karl Angerstein (1890–1985)(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 block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve