Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Förster & Barth

(Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boot-Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände). 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, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the revere with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Förster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 45.94 mm (w) x 53.97 mm (h), weighing 22.1 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish, in near extremely fine condition.