Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Republic of black cotton reinforcing backer

black cotton reinforcing backer

who was part of the Staff of the 33rd Reserve Division

maker marked "HOFFSTATTER BONN" on the reverse

A Heer officer’s portepee

He was an Intern at Charity Hospital in New Orleans

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, by Rudolf Souval Republic of black cotton reinforcing backer(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna,