Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac She knew Florence Nightingale while

She knew Florence Nightingale while serving during the First World War

soiled and scuffed exterior

with an inscription of “AFRIKA” flanked by palm trees of identical construction

with a ribbon tied into a bow

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, AS in Triangle Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac She knew Florence Nightingale while(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an