Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity for the "plucking" of Captain

for the "plucking" of Captain Gibbons was that he had "added absolutely nothing to the efficiency of the Navy

Seventeen months later

he received the Oak Leaves as well

the Battalion was re-designated the 107th Pioneer Battalion and served in France in that capacity

rays between the arms of the cross in gold

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity for the "plucking" of Captain(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch, U Boot Jagd, und Sicherungsverbnde). Instituted on 31 August 1940 by Supreme Commander Erich Raeder. Constructed of gilded tombak, the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a gilded, oval oak leaf wreath, each side having an outer margin of seven oak leaves pointing upward, at the bottom is a stylized bow holding the wreath together, within the lower third of the wreath lies a calm water surface with narrowly spaced