Seaman First Class Kyrklund was aboard USS Franklin just before dawn on March 19
Croatia and the Dalmatian coast
replaced with the impressed name "24664 A
Décorations France et Colonies: Croix et Médailles de la Guerre 1914-1918 des Pays Alliés (Decorations France and Colonies: Cross and Medals of the War 1914-1918 of the Allied Countries)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold Seaman First Class Kyrklund was(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 45. 06