Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude Anna Betancourt (1832-1901) was one

Anna Betancourt (1832-1901) was one of the first Cuban woman who fought against Spanish rule since the revolution broke up in 1868

Sarah Anne Yabsley and Lillian Blanche Yabsley

Inset into the obverse of the handle is an enameled HJ insignia

" at the right and engraver marked "R

reverse presents vertical pinback

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Adolf Scholze GTRexclude Anna Betancourt (1832-1901) was one(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 a