Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Refurbished Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive on a navy blue cotton

on a navy blue cotton base

cypher of Albert I on the reverse

The portraits are signed in ink on mount 'Elizabeth R 1963’ and ‘Philip 1963'

Sold with a large quantity of original career documentation

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Refurbished Example, by Schwerin Auction Archive on a navy blue cotton(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker