List of Minesweeper Badge Manufacturers

[Norm F]

2.4.1

Beco, Type 2.4.1.

[Norm F]

1.4.3 - FLL - attributed

Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid (attributed), Tombak, posted previously by Liquidmetall.

[Norm F]

2.5.1 - S&L L/16 - Tombak

Steinhauer & Lück, marked L/16, previously posted by Bob Hritz.

[Norm F]

2.5.5 - S&L - zinc

S&L in zinc, inverse taper pin

[Norm F]

2.5.6 - S&L - zinc

S&L in zinc, needle-pin setup

[Norm F]

2.6.2 - P&L - attributed

Petz & Lorenz attributed, Tombak

[Norm F]

1.1.7 and 1.1.8 - Schwerin - zinc

Schwerin in zinc, Type 1.1.7 (earlier with cutout area around eagle's head) and 1.1.8 (later without cutout around eagle's head).

The "family" of variants can be seen in this thread: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...04#post6107804

[Norm F]

2.7.8 - Schickle-attributed in zinc

The Schickle-design Minesweeper in zinc. These early zincers used the same setup as the Tombak Schickle without any use of base plates for the hardware.

[Norm F]

2.7.7 - Schickle-design in zinc, stamped L/56

This is the Schickle-design zincer with the rounded sheet metal catch but this example has been stamped L/56 (Funcke & Brueninghaus, Lüdenscheid). Interestingly a Schickle-design zinc Destroyer was posted with the same mark. It's also the same mark that appeared on an S&L-style S-Boat badge here. It's not known whether these L/56 marks were wartime or post-war applied.

[Norm F]

2.8.3 and 2.8.4 - B.H. Mayer L/18 - zinc

Two variants of the B.H. Mayer zinc Minesweeper - one with the stamped sheet metal catch and the other with the curled flat-wire catch. Both used catch plates.

[Norm F]

2.8.1 - B.H. Mayer L/18 - zinc

same badge but the large pin setup

[Norm F]

2.9.1 - F&B L/21 - zinc

The Foerster & Barth L/21 zinc Minesweeper, courtesy of Jan Arne S.

[Norm F]

2.9.7 - F&B - zinc

Foerster & Barth, unmarked version

The whole "family" of F&B variants can be seen in this thread: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...86#post6236186

[Norm F]

2.12.2 - E. Ferd. Wiedmann

Wiedmann with lilypad hinge.

[Norm F]

2.13.1 and 2.13.2 - "flatback" maker

Two typically crude examples attributed to Alois Rettenmaier (formerly the "flatback" maker), showing the usual features of highly variable hand-trimmed margins, striations on the reverse and variable setups.