Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive measuring 28 mm (w) x

measuring 28 mm (w) x 32 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

who was also from Winona and enlisted with the 129th Infantry Battalion on the same day

Footnote: The Oman General Service Medal was instituted by Sultan Said bin Taimur in 1959 and was rewarded for general military service

It was founded in 1934

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, Owner-Attributed, Unknown Maker Variant Archive measuring 28 mm (w) x(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, surrounding a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, bearing a hand etched owners surname of BECKER, otherwise unmarked but