Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive including a 1916 Railway Torchbearer

including a 1916 Railway Torchbearer badge

each with a silvered bronze pip affixed

enamel chipping on obverse

45 mm (w) x 174 mm (h)

Y"" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive including a 1916 Railway Torchbearer(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,