Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 3, Late-War Zink Version by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of crossed swords clasp above "KARJALAN

crossed swords clasp above "KARJALAN KANNAS" battle clasp on the ribbon)

light contact on the RCMPLSM

The right lens body is stamped with a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a letter “M”

two days before Hitler’s suicide

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 3, Late-War Zink Version by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of crossed swords clasp above "KARJALAN(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 block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch affixed to an oblong plate, with a