Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold 1945 while piloting Spitfire IXb-MK795

1945 while piloting Spitfire IXb-MK795 north of Osnabruck)

with each end of the latter completing in a functional magnetic metal spring clip

Each badge in an off-white

Both missing suspension

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold 1945 while piloting Spitfire IXb-MK795(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, unmarked, measuring 43. 44 mm (w) x 54. 22 mm (h),