Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer Republic of 875" (silver) and maker marked

875" (silver) and maker marked "F

The blade's ricasso is maker marked Carl Eickhorn

missing its lotus leaf suspension)

An exam certificate named to Verwaltungs-Assistent (administration assistant) Hörmann at the pension office in Deggendorf

the insignia measuring 50 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer Republic of 875" (silver) and maker marked(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and shorten banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, maker