Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge certificate_of_authenticity With the beginning of the

With the beginning of the First War

May was also a recipient of the Second Award Bar to the Military Cross

where he was taken on strength at Shorncliffe

one for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class

marked and numbered

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge certificate_of_authenticity With the beginning of the(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 Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 80 mm (w) x 54. 08 mm (h),