Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 24 June 1940)

24 June 1940)

but it was increasingly irrelevant

constructed of a white cotton-blended base and bearing a central machine-embroidered golden-yellow inscription of “KRETA” flanked by palmettes of identical construction

expressing gratitude for his service as an adjutant to a regional leader of the NSDFBSt upon retirement

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 24 June 1940)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small