Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold with two aluminum rank pips

with two aluminum rank pips

returning to Canada on September 10

in England

Briton on April 5

one of only four Belgians to do so

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge Hold with two aluminum rank pips(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 44 mm (w) x 54. 22 mm (h),