Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the cemetery located twelve kilometres

the cemetery located twelve kilometres west of Ieper (Ypres)

intentionally split down the middle at the front

III Class in Bronze

(Croix De Guerre des Théâtres d'Opérations Extérieurs = TOE)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Variant I, by Wilhelm Hobacher Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the cemetery located twelve kilometres(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted August 31st, 1940. (Variant I mid to late war manufacture) Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak wreath and a central area depicting a sea mine exploding in wavy water, and a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a vertical banjo style pinback, and a flat wire catch on a small