Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic France: Medal of Honour for

France: Medal of Honour for Fire Service (silver

Upon America joining the war in 1917

on picture postcard having been removed from scrapbook

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”)

He worked as a freight driver 1941 until the 27th 1942

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Schwerin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic France: Medal of Honour for(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