Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Buy Now 2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Reed

2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Reed

with period original sash

118 mm x 210 mm

tab in leather marked 1941 Hermann Knoller

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Buy Now 2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Reed(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm