Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Auction Footnote: The Sip Song Chau

Footnote: The Sip Song Chau Tai (Twelve Provinces of the Dai) was an area in the north-west of French Indochina

Type I: In fire silvered brass

marked "BRONZE" and hallmarked on the edge

Aviator Company 27

Germany. A German Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge Auction Footnote: The Sip Song ChauA second war German Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde; oval in gilt and silvered tombac; the obverse with a laurel wreath border and with a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle clutching a swastika; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style pinback, barrel hinge, but missing its catch with period thin copper wires spun around the catch; an unmarked example; measuring 43. 58