Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive the right part detached completely

the right part detached completely and broken up into two separate pieces

small pennant

the upper of the crossguard with an ornately engraved leafing pattern within a rope-style border

The underside of the sweatband reveals an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “4” and a secondary code of “402197”

surrounded by a 13 star on scalloped blue-enamelled frame

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Auction Archive the right part detached completely(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 central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of