Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of The Imperial Military ID booklet

The Imperial Military ID booklet is dated to September 21

45 mm (w) x 44

5 mm inclusive of its laurel wreath and dual arms bearing swords suspension)

when the bodies were moved to the Kiel War Cemetery

December 31

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn United Republic of The Imperial Military ID booklet(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN,