Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge GTRexclude crawled out

crawled out

Footnote: Airman G

By this time the Sweeney's had recruited around 50 pilots

along with an award card from Brigadier General Roland Walsh

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge GTRexclude crawled out(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 39 mm (w) x 54. 34 mm (h),