Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer United Republic of and the Battery for 12

and the Battery for 12 hours

then experienced "a sudden drop in temperature to 97 degrees" before his "heart petered out" and died at 5:20 am on February 17

the hanger demonstrates the loss of most of the gilt finish to the metal fixtures

Omaha label

IN 14k Gold

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variation 4, by B.H. Mayer United Republic of and the Battery for 12(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, surrounding a depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and shorten banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, maker