Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold with loss of all gilt

with loss of all gilt with the exception of the pin

stating "had my Son's Grave not been visited

one which the enemy had planted a battery to enfilade our lines

(iv) "37" Button: in white metal

The document states that in the name of the Higher Commander of the Flying Technical Schools

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by B.H. Mayer Hold with loss of all gilt(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and short banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,