Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of measuring 45 mm (w) x

measuring 45 mm (w) x 53

constructed of silver zink

Inside the pocket is a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label

His service with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve entailed two years

despite this

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of measuring 45 mm (w) x(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and patinated 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, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth, Pforzheim,