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 He was at Bovington Camp

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

Was in hospital 10 days (#1 C

24 June 1940)

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

Olympische Spiele Berlin" (11th Olympic Games Berlin)

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 He was at Bovington Camp(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