Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of one depicting a full-colour painting

one depicting a full-colour painting of General Karl Litzmann

A sea of flowers gave testimony to the popularity of the deceased

pinned with a silvered bronze rank pip and bronze button

set on a 120 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of one depicting a full-colour painting(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small