Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker GTRexclude reverse illustrating a representative of

reverse illustrating a representative of General Edward Lord Cornwallis and his British troops at the left surrendering to General George Washington and his American troops at the right

including a circular

Legionnaire Grade by the Department of the Army

the centre stamped with an inscription of “OST” (“EAST”)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker GTRexclude reverse illustrating a representative of(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). 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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an