Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic bar at the bottom inscribed

bar at the bottom inscribed "KOBLENZ"

a late war example in near extremely fine condition

followed one year later by a transfer to the Late 2nd Rate H

and a metal hook and eye closure at its base

Merit Order of the Red Cross - Breast Star

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic bar at the bottom inscribed(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a