a short time after the battle of Vittoria
including a large example
” reverse features three out of four prongs intact (two lower prongs missing)
2) A Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz)
Type III (1921-1941): Saint in green robes
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Newly Listed a short time after the(Abzeichen). A mixed lot of five decorations and badges, including a Minesweeper War Badge, 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 a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, without visible marks,