Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive interior presents a silk lid

interior presents a silk lid with black recessed medal bed

Type II - Multi-piece construction

A Gold Grade Bomber Clasp in tombac

17 mm x 18

Constructed of gilt metal with the letters “FAD” placed within an oak wreath on a black wool backer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Archive interior presents a silk lid(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna,