Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Otto Placzek certificate_of_authenticity then to the Canadian Army

then to the Canadian Army Medical Corps Casualty Company at Bramshott on February 15th

An Institute for Hispanic Culture Award

on a Flaschengrün (bottle green) rayon backer

After moving to Hawaii

It shows a unit marching

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Otto Placzek certificate_of_authenticity then to the Canadian Army(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly