A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Archive arriving in England on May

arriving in England on May 24th

in black case of issue

It is dated to April 21

very shortly after the German invasion

Fine to very fine condition

A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 Archive arriving in England on MayGreat Britain; Bronze gilt, unmarked, 56. 5 mm (w) x 80. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear, the largest falling to Great Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, the Royal