Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin, c. 1941 Auction on a loop for suspension

on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a Wehrmacht National Eagle miniature

below the silver initials WDHG

Also included is a Business Card (inscribed "LUCIEN SAINT / Ministre Plénipotentiaire Commissaire Résident Géneral de France au Maroc" and "Rabat"

each gilded

aerial transport squadron

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin, c. 1941 Auction on a loop for suspension(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge, vertical banjo style pinback, and flat wire catch, designer marked Otto Placzek,