Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Province of China Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski

maker marked "BACKRUCK" and hallmarked on the pin

measuring 22 cm (w) x 36 cm (l)

for his actions on September 23

1915 stated "In the event of my Death I give the whole of my Property and Effects to Mrs Alice Mary Barrell my Wife"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by C.E. Juncker Province of China Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics