Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden HAMBURG + ALTONA”

HAMBURG + ALTONA”

s mark 853

was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad

A Kriegsmarine Zerstörer (Destroyer) Theodor Riedel blue sailor’s cap

as well as an additional year in prison for crimes against humanity

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge visually-hidden HAMBURG + ALTONA”(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and overhanging catch, unmarked but demonstrating the