Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China A Rare "Wiking" EM/NCO's Cufftitle

A Rare  "Wiking" EM/NCO's Cufftitle

Footnote: John B

” As Gheorghiu-Dej realized

2 mm x 32 mm each

from a fragment of shrapnel

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China A Rare "Wiking" EM/NCO's Cufftitle(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