Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 110 mm (w) x

measuring 110 mm (w) x 147 mm (h)

constructed of a white cotton-blended base and bearing a central machine-embroidered golden-yellow inscription of “KRETA” flanked by palmettes of identical construction

Was in hospital 10 days (#1 C

He was at Bovington Camp when he was struck off strength to Canada on May 18

silvered bronze with multi colored enameled shield

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 110 mm (w) x(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small