Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold he followed his graduation from

he followed his graduation from Observers School by attending a twenty day internship at the Air Shooting School at Tours

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

inscribed in Latin "CECIDERE AB ORIGINEPRIMA

containing one large bore brush (15 mm x 89 mm) and one small bore brush (13 mm x 93 mm)

the knot with a grey wool backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold he followed his graduation from(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06