Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden and features Klancher’s handwritten signature

and features Klancher’s handwritten signature

the Gästehaus Reichsparteitag housed high-ranking guests of the NSDAP from at home and abroad during Nuremberg Rally proceedings

49 mm x 94 mm

9” on reverse and “Ges

and on July 18

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin visually-hidden and features Klancher’s handwritten signature(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, surrounding a stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker