Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic indicating genuine German leather manufacture

indicating genuine German leather manufacture

bearing two bands of gold bullion wire piping around a central bands of silver aluminum wire piping

he was in air transit to the Middle Eastern theatre on May 14th

80 mm (w) x 38

Schmidt had been recently transferred to this unit because he gives his parents his new address on the postcard

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic indicating genuine German leather manufacture(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 an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked