Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge with Named Award Document Category_Accessories The orders for 12 October

The orders for 12 October were to clean out the last pockets of German resistance in the Bois de Foret

This version must be circa 1939 because it has the button on the side for morse code

The pistol is 17" in overall length and there is no provision for a ram rod

the 29th Division advanced seven kilometers

Very clean

Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge with Named Award Document Category_Accessories The orders for 12 OctoberOriginal Item: One of a kind. The award document is for Matrosengefreiten Anton Theis. Matrosengefreiten is the Navy equivalent of a corporal. The document and badge were presented "An Board" on July 19th, 1941. The Minesweeper (Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde) medal is constructed of tombak. the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swas, with a central depiction