Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Auction Footnote: Otto Schöpke was born

Footnote: Otto Schöpke was born on 24 December 1913 in Aufhalt an der Oder

earning the Eastern Front Medal on 15 August 1942

Scott Class Destroyer)

only minimal contact to enamels and remains extremely fine

warping of frame

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth Auction Footnote: Otto Schöpke was born(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, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the revere with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of