Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac suspended from a a eight-pointed

suspended from a a eight-pointed silver gilt star with white enameled arms

Lieutenant General Karl Angerstein (1890–1985)

moderate scratching and material fatigue is evident throughout the exterior liner and the cover and the cover border is missing its gilt finish indicating a possible unfinished and unissued example

but his ship was lost on the Dutch coast

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Disputed Deumer Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac suspended from a a eight-pointed(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 horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve