Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a Cadets Group Photograph

and a Cadets Group Photograph (black and white

a patriotic sports festival attended by Hitler and much of the Nazi leadership

the whole effort stalled and the subsequent volumes were never issued

Canadian YMCA War Services Overseas Committee

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a Cadets Group Photograph(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, 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 44. 40 mm (w) x 54. 70 mm (h),