Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive Type II - Multi-piece construction

Type II - Multi-piece construction

9 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Camiers on February 9th

circumscribed “IN BADENS EHRE” (In the honour of Baden)

Retains its original leather washer

2 Australian

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive Type II - Multi-piece construction(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna,