Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Otto Placzek United Republic of Canadian Guards

Canadian Guards

A RADwJ (Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend/Labour Service of the Reich for Female Youths) "Kameradschaftsälteste" rank brooch

Now also retired from the Army

with two wear marks along the top edge of the patent leather chin strap

measuring 15 mm (w) x 21

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Otto Placzek United Republic of Canadian Guards(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly