Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant GTRexclude certified by the facsimile signature

certified by the facsimile signature of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

Coast Guard Auxiliary Distinguished Service Award (in silvered bronze

the badge is suspended by a red

Looped around the right shoulder board and uppermost breast button is an Officer’s aiguillette constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant GTRexclude certified by the facsimile signature(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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve