Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold 90mm including crown suspension)

90mm including crown suspension)

A very attractive and rare Estonian bage

with each end of the latter completing in a functional magnetic metal spring clip

measuring 180 mm (l) x 6 mm (w) when flat

three Three-Ribbon and two Four-Ribbon Ribbon Bars

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold 90mm including crown suspension)(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 44 mm (w) x 54. 22 mm (h),