Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Province of China He was placed on command

He was placed on command to the 1st Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on May 13

signed by Captain S

on a yellowed paper stock

7 mm (h) brass support plate)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Province of China He was placed on command(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 stylized depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked