Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive The reverse bears a maker’s

The reverse bears a maker’s mark of “C

He later joined the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion and went overseas

each bearing a raised cherry blossom

The forces there surrendered to Japanese forces on May 6

Territorial scroll  (2216871 SPR

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive The reverse bears a maker’s(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variation credited to Wilhelm Deumer,