Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of (Veteranen- und Kriegerverein Abzeichen)

(Veteranen- und Kriegerverein Abzeichen)

measuring 45 mm (w) x 53

constructed of silver zink

Recurs at times leaving him very sore over lumbar region and in (the) legs

1901 and to Brevet Colonel on October 11

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of (Veteranen- und Kriegerverein Abzeichen)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and patinated 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, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,