Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 3rd Class - Silver with

3rd Class - Silver with a gilt hammer and sickle insignia

at the base of the badge are two leaf motifs

called “Krisenmanager im Dritten Reich” (crisis manager in the Third Reich)

near Ottawa

The owner is Otto Sander

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 3rd Class - Silver with(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,