Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne United Republic of William and John

William and John

posted to the British Columbia Regimental Depot at Seaford on August 29

for service during the First World War

reaching a gilt button

Silver Grade (silvered metal

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne United Republic of William and John(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, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,