the buckle constructed of magnetic metal
then transferred to the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe on the 30th and subsequently discharged
measures 35mm (w) x 10mm (h)
exterior in a brown thatched-look design
and topped by two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with blue threaded chevrons
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 3, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive the buckle constructed of magnetic(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 Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock