Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive blackened and silvered iron

blackened and silvered iron

exhibiting edge nicks and spotting

An Austrian Military Long Service Decoration

The chain in silver gilt and housing the four alternating icons of Krishna

silvered bronze and enameled HJ insignia overlaying a bronze and white enameled base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive blackened and silvered iron(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,