Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with complete disregard for his

with complete disregard for his personal safety

the obverse medallion features a white enamelled Maltese cross with the Spanish coat of arms in the center surrounded by a light and dark green wreath

a suburb of Antwerp

a Grateful Acknowledgements

maker marked “HCH Timm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with complete disregard for his(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked