Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Republic of Grand Cross - Grand Cross

Grand Cross - Grand Cross set of insignia

Crossguard with quillon and pommel exhibits scattered wear spots and contact marks in the nickel plating

1918 and during October and November of that year

obverse presenting a silver gilt Maltese cross with white enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze Republic of Grand Cross - Grand Cross(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a