Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic In Witness Whereof Our Governor

In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa this First day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Three and in the Seventh Year of Our Reign

Upon America joining the war in 1917

Croatian and German

the reverse of the crossed featuring a pebbled finish and bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS DEUTSCHE ROTE KREUZ” (“FOR SERVICE TO THE GERMAN RED CROSS”)

France: Medal of Honour for Fire Service (silver

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic In Witness Whereof Our Governor(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 stylized depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN and maker