of top quality manufacture (by C
with the exterior of the cover bearing a black-and-white photograph of Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF) personnel in Europe
the reverse with a central hand clutching a sword
which has a hooked quillon and forms one piece with the handle and lower crossguard
2 - Jacob and Samuel Hawken
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold of top quality manufacture (by(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of