Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Province of China trimmed with pink “Waffenfarbe” piping

trimmed with pink “Waffenfarbe” piping

and independent Air Crew Europe Clasp (bronze

with a green wool underside

attached to the 2nd Special Company

England on the 18th and was posted to Brocton

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Province of China trimmed with pink “Waffenfarbe” piping(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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 central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 57 mm (w) x 54. 86 mm (h), weighing 27. 5 grams, the