Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 3, Late-War Zink Version by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of and a notation from the

and a notation from the Peterborough (Ontario) Examiner

He signed his Attestation Paper with the Canadian Army Service Corps

crossed swords clasp above "KARJALAN KANNAS" battle clasp on the ribbon)

maker marked “Eugen Schmidhäusler

reverse bears a decorative pin with a stay mounted to the edge of the 3 and 9 o’clock arms

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 3, Late-War Zink Version by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of and a notation from the(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch affixed to an oblong plate, with a