Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive before marrying Madeline Dorothy Bessette

before marrying Madeline Dorothy Bessette on April 23

hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse

In his subsequent report to the Rear-Admiral

A third reich period German Christmas “Nikolaustag” WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People) Donation badge

It is dated to August 3

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive before marrying Madeline Dorothy Bessette(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 stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,