Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold Kriegsmarine Officer's Visor Wreath and

Kriegsmarine Officer's Visor Wreath and Cap Eagle

stating "had my Son's Grave not been visited

with loss of all gilt with the exception of the pin

in uniform and with the Pour le Mérite and other decorations visible

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold Kriegsmarine Officer's Visor Wreath and(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered 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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,