Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed the peak featuring seven rows

the peak featuring seven rows of reinforced stitching

227" above the swastika at one end and "Unserem Kameraden Ernest PORPS" above the swastika at the other end

when he would recount the event

light discolouration

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed the peak featuring seven rows(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, around a stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,