Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Province of China (Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden)

(Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden)

centre depicting a crowned Royal Romanian Coat of Arms

on a dual convex frame with the three insignia held to it via two rivets each

with minor material fatigue of the award document

plain reverse nicely engraved by Order’s Japanese characters

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Province of China (Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden)(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