Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive the cap measuring 85 mm

the cap measuring 85 mm x 280 mm

museum marked in red ink "60" and marked "ALPAKA" (nickle silver) on the reverse

She is the founder of the Orthodox Monastery of The Transfiguration in Pennsylvania and was known as “Mother Alexandra” later in life for her humanitarian deeds

Kent on August 10th

the nurses were credited with displaying "admirable discipline"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive the cap measuring 85 mm(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, bearing a hand etched owners surname of BECKER, otherwise unmarked but